Paint can sizes (gallon, quart, pint, half pint) and 5-gallon bucket dimensions — dimension sheet
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Basis: Can suppliers' spec sheets (outside diameter, opening, height) and can-maker size codes; HDPE pail distributor listing
Catalog version: 2026-10-20

Sizes: see table below
- Gallon can: Ø167.4 × 194.3 mm, opening Ø140.5. Quart Ø107.4 × 123.4, opening Ø80.3. Pint Ø85.6 × 99.3, opening Ø60.5. Half pint Ø73.2 × 75.4, opening Ø51.1.
- Can-maker size codes (first digit inches, then 16ths): gallon 610 × 710.5 (168.3 × 194.5), quart 404 × 414, pint 307 × 315, half pint 214 × 300.
- Lid diameters vary by maker (gallon lid listed at 5-1/2 in and at 6.2 in); the rim/chime profile is not published.
- 5-gallon bucket (Home Depot style HDPE): Ø301.5 top, Ø258.7 bottom, 368.3 tall; a generic open-head pail is Ø314 × 375.

container  outside_dia_mm  height_mm  opening_mm
paint can, gallon  167.4  194.3  140.5
paint can, quart  107.4  123.4  80.3
paint can, pint  85.6  99.3  60.5
paint can, half pint  73.2  75.4  51.1
5-gallon pail (top / bottom)  301.5 / 258.7  368.3  None

Files elsewhere (not hosted by Xem Studio; license as stated by the publisher):
- Uline (spec sheet): Metal paint can, 1 gallon — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts — https://www.uline.ca/PDF/RS-7342-SPFR.PDF
- Uline (spec sheet): Metal paint can, 1 quart — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts — https://img.uline.com/is/content/uline/RS-7343pdf
- Uline (spec sheet): Metal paint can, 1 pint — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts — https://img.uline.com/is/content/uline/RS-21239pdf
- Uline (spec sheet): Metal paint can, half pint — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts — https://img.uline.com/is/content/uline/RS-21238pdf
- Mauser Packaging (can maker): Metal paint cans: size codes — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts — https://mauserpackaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Mauser_Metal_Paint_Can-2-1.pdf
- Source (distributor listing): 5-gallon HDPE pail — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts — https://shop.gosource.us/products/highgate_p_05glhd2

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