Color changer

A color changer, comprising:

• at least one valve block for connecting a plurality of coating material lines to an application device, said valve block having a housing configured as a parallelepiped, said housing having a central color channel with an axial direction and a plurality of valve bores formed therein for receiving valves, said valve bores including a first number of substantially parallel valve bores opening into said color channel at first openings, and a second number of substantially parallel valve bores opening into said color channel at second openings on an opposite side of said color channel and offset in the axial direction with respect to said first number of valve bores, said valve bores further having a third number of substantially parallel valve bores opening into said color channel at third openings, in each case one of said first openings and one of said third openings opening into said color channel in a same axial position, and a fourth number of substantially parallel valve bores opening into said color channel at fourth openings, in each case one of said fourth openings and one of said second openings opening into said color channel in the same axial position.