Commercially, "Píntame" peaked at number two and one on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs and Tropical Airplay charts in the United States.

Its first two singles, the title track and "Tu Sonrisa" reached number one on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs in the US and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

[5] One of the merengues in the album is the title track, in which Crespo "yearns for his ladylove to materialize at the tip of a painter's brush.

[6] In spite of the availability of English-language remixes of the single, Leila Cobo of the Redding Record Searchlight suggested that "for a real experience", listeners should "move to the album’s frenetic tunes in Spanish like the title track".

[12] A writer for Vibe found to be "übercatchy"[13] At the 12th Annual Lo Nuestro Awards in 2000", "Píntame" won Tropical Song of the Year.

[15] The record was also nominated for "Best Merengue Song" the 1999 Premios Globos,[16] but ultimately lost both awards to "El Niágara en Bicicleta" (1998) by Juan Luis Guerra.

[21] In 2019, Dominican Republic singer Gabriel Pagán [es] covered "Píntame" on his studio album, Morisoñando, Vol.