New dye experimenting

Spydergst1

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

Chicago

W/R

With the new colors added and the changes to the dye system. Has anyone experimented with gold dye mixing? I’m at work at the moment but I plan to start experimenting with gold color dye mixing this weekend. I am curious if with the new dye system you can get a more realistic gold color. The white dye should help with creating gold but I don't care to spend the money on white dye experimenting if someone has already tried.

makosi

makosi

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

"Pre-nerf" is incorrect. It's pre-buff.

Requirement Begins With R [notQ]

Me/

I've tried making gold colours but they all seem to turn out like tan or light brown. In fact all mixes turn out quite dull.

Try brown + silver + orange. That's my best attempt at gold dye yet.

Ikoma

Ikoma

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

W/E

AFAIK the best gold dye is yellow+yellow+yellow+blue

Cirian

Cirian

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

European Union

The Amazon Basin

I *think* I used to use Green + Orange + Silver + ... something else possibly a second Silver or maybe a Yellow. I'll give it a go sometime with the new system.

Dutch Masterr

Dutch Masterr

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Long Island, NY

Elite Knights [SWAT]

W/

they must have changed the dye colors a slight bit. i had blue+blue+green on my mesemer before the update. when i went to change the color of my mask after the update i added blue+blue+green again, and its a different color than the one pre-update.

Trvth Jvstice

Trvth Jvstice

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2006

HALE

W/

The best gold dye: mix yellow + silver and orange + silver

pork soldier

pork soldier

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Cirian
I *think* I used to use Green + Orange + Silver + ... something else possibly a second Silver or maybe a Yellow. I'll give it a go sometime with the new system.
I used to use green + orange + 2x silver, it worked really well.

If you were dying an armor with a metallic base (ie: warrior armor) you could substitute a dye remover for the second silver. The dye remover added alpha channel to the mix (ie: transparency) the result looked really hot.

I'm sort of bummed that dye remover doesn't exist any more, I really liked being able to dye shields with a transparent shiny color.

jimmy_logic

jimmy_logic

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

R/

Anyone stock up on dye remover? Or were they completely removed from the game?

Konrow

Konrow

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

NY, New York

Warlords of Earth [WAR]

dye remover was replaced with gray dye

Warrior Of The Toon

Warrior Of The Toon

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2006

Returning after a 50 month break. Hi.

None

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by jimmy_logic
Anyone stock up on dye remover? Or were they completely removed from the game?
All replaced by grey dyes... unstackable grey dyes

pork soldier

pork soldier

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

I just played around with the dye preview window a bit, a nice gold seems to be 2x silver + orange + (green OR yellow) - mod to taste.

Trvth Jvstice

Trvth Jvstice

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2006

HALE

W/

Surely there couldn't be a better gold dye than the one posted here

This is using yellow + silver and Orange + silver mixed

click it to enlarge

Zolderick

Zolderick

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2006

Australia

N/

I can't find the window where you can preview your dyes

Zakarr

Zakarr

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

Finland

Quote:
Originally Posted by Zolderick
I can't find the window where you can preview your dyes
You will get the preview window when you try to dye your armor/weapon/off-hand item.