Pinta is a human skin disease endemic to Mexico, Central America, and South America. It is caused by infection with a spirochete, Treponema carateum, which is morphologically and serologically indistinguishable from the organism that causes syphilis.

The Pinta (the "Painted") was fastest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. The new world was first sighted by Rodrigo de Triana on the Pinta on October 12 1492.