Please use this thread going forward: Color marking on emotional paintings is missing | EA Forums - 12279901
I will test further and let you know
I tested for confident, flirty, playful, sad and angry.
In all cases the option was there but there was no color marking present.
Also I noticed that if your sim hasn't got enough simoleons, the option to make a painting can still be clicked but then nothing happens.
When hoovering over the option, it does say that there a not enough simoleons but this text is shown three times.
I do think that I remember that prevously the option was greyed out, but I am not sure.
I also tested through cheats whether painting level 10 or the expressionistic reward trait unlocks all emotional paintings regardless of mood.
The answer is: both do independently.
Which makes the expressionistic reward trait obsolete in my view. You can't receive the expressionistic trait without reaching level 10 after all.
