Paint an Object (I know this sounds ridiculous) I honestly can't figure out how to paint the default cube in blender.  I can do alot.  I am comforable with adding textures.  But I just want to paint the cube.
I have watched numerous tutorials but none of them are working for me. 
I gather that I need to click on the cube and then add material and go from there.
I have succesfully added textures to objects but can not for the life of me figure this out.
Every tutorial I watch has a completely different layout (older version) and it's not working.
Please help!!!!
First, you want to go to the texture paint tab. Press new image and name it something so you could recognize it.
Go to the shading tab and assign an image texture to base color. In the dropdown, select your created paint image.

Now the image is assigned to the object. It should be black by default. Go back to the texture paint tab and you should be able to paint now. Press n to change color, size, and strength. Hope this helps!