Dye Charts and Dyed Armors

Age

Age

Hall Hero

Join Date: Jul 2005

California Canada/BC

STG Administrator

Mo/

I tried dying 1 piece of armour with another mix blue on silver and I got blue it say to clcick once but nothing happen?What am I doing wrong when I click it once?

NinjaKai

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

UK

Duality Of The Dragon

Anyone know a good blood red dye. For Necromancers armor and an electric blue combo for luxon armor.

Lady Lozza

Lady Lozza

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

Oz

Angel Sharks

Me/N

Quote:
Originally Posted by Fezz
Ok, I will be sure to not do that one.
lol, Fezz did you completely miss my chart for the Sunspear stuff on the page (or two) previous? I've done all but the silver combos already I'll test the key combos on release but I doubt that it is going to dye differently to the beta test, and if it does I'll redo.

Age: your post makes little sense. Did you mix the dyes before applying it? Once you mix them you apply them like normal dye. And to mix them you apply them (to each other) like normal dye. So take the blue, double click, click once on the silver. Take the dye mix double click, click once on armour (or drag and drop I think works too).

Fezz

Fezz

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

Alabama

Charter Vanguard

Haha, seems I missed that post, I will go back and add it.

NinjaKai, I can't remember the exact mix, but a few pages back there was a really good Blood Red mix for Necro Armors. I want to say it was Red+Blue+Green+Purple, but I'm not certain that was it.

Tifa the Valkyrie

Tifa the Valkyrie

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jun 2006

W/E

Thanks for the dye charts, very helpful ^_^

Dstroyer666

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2006

eggy

R/Rt

do you think you can do a dyed bag chart because i dont think they have a base coular and i would love to see what a dyes base coular is but i dont trust vial coular (white dye looks like yellowy silver).

Scutilla

Scutilla

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Tyrian Explorers League

R/P

Quote:
Originally Posted by Fezz
NinjaKai, I can't remember the exact mix, but a few pages back there was a really good Blood Red mix for Necro Armors. I want to say it was Red+Blue+Green+Purple, but I'm not certain that was it.
Yes, that was it. (If you want to save some money you can also swap out the red for a dye remover.) Just plain blue turns out pretty bright on a lot of necromancer armors, though I'm not sure what you mean by "electric blue".

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dstroyer666
do you think you can do a dyed bag chart because i dont think they have a base coular and i would love to see what a dyes base coular is but i dont trust vial coular (white dye looks like yellowy silver).
The base color of a bag is the same as its default color. I think it's identical to how it looks when dyed red.

NinjaKai

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

UK

Duality Of The Dragon

Quote:
Originally Posted by Scutilla
Yes, that was it. (If you want to save some money you can also swap out the red for a dye remover.) Just plain blue turns out pretty bright on a lot of necromancer armors, though I'm not sure what you mean by "electric blue".
Would neon blue be more specific?

Amethest

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2005

Black Rose Gaming

What an excellent thread! I've read/skimmed every post and haven't found what I was searching for. That would be a chart for Frost Artifacts. I don't need an entire chart, really, just a mix that would yield a neon-yellow-green color....something Halloween-ish.

I've seen one before, but asking the player for the recipe didn't work.

According to guildwiki, Frost Artifacts don't take to dye traditionally, and this is what I've found to be true. I have experimented a bit, but had to give up eventually due to cost.

Any help would be appreciated

Lady Lozza

Lady Lozza

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

Oz

Angel Sharks

Me/N

Amethest, are you sure the player concerned didn't have Flint's artifact? From memory it's kind of a bright green-yellow colour.

stylva

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2006

For Your Inconvenience

Mo/

I'm trying to find a nice (bright and colorful) dye combination for my ranger's 1.5k Kurzick. Anyone have an idea? I think silver is too boring, though it looks nice. Still, it needs to fit with the odd dark green on the rest of the armor. I've tried pure green and I almost didn't see a difference from undyed.. Is it possible to get a bright color on it or will the leather make all colors dull?

Sirotono

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Oct 2006

E/R

i have a question about dying, even though i know alot about it. can you make other weapons glow like the chaos axe. also this is super helpful thanks!

Amethest

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2005

Black Rose Gaming

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady Lozza
Amethest, are you sure the player concerned didn't have Flint's artifact? From memory it's kind of a bright green-yellow colour.
Hmm, I'm not sure about that at all. Thanks for the heads up though.

Fezz

Fezz

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

Alabama

Charter Vanguard

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sirotono
i have a question about dying, even though i know alot about it. can you make other weapons glow like the chaos axe. also this is super helpful thanks!
Nope. The glowing affect is caused by the item itself, not the Dye(s) used on it.

Arteful Dodger

Arteful Dodger

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

Geezer Guild

R/Mo

I've looked through the threads and didn't see anything about this but I may have missed it as well.

The regular blue dye on my ranger's 1.5K druid armor is a rather light blue. I'd like to try and dye it a darker blue. Maybe a medium to dark blue. I've looked on the various dye charts and haven't really seen anything. I've also asked in the game and the answer I get seems to be that a black and a blue would produce a medium to darker blue. Can anyone confirm this for me. Thanks and great job on the charts.

Scutilla

Scutilla

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Tyrian Explorers League

R/P

Quote:
Originally Posted by Amethest
What an excellent thread! I've read/skimmed every post and haven't found what I was searching for. That would be a chart for Frost Artifacts. I don't need an entire chart, really, just a mix that would yield a neon-yellow-green color....something Halloween-ish.
As Lozza mentioned, it's probably Flint's Artifact. You might be able to get it though, most "dyed" greens are the same as a non-green with a single dye applied. Try green, yellow, or possibly even blue and see if any of those get it.

Quote:
Originally Posted by stylva
I'm trying to find a nice (bright and colorful) dye combination for my ranger's 1.5k Kurzick. Anyone have an idea? I think silver is too boring, though it looks nice. Still, it needs to fit with the odd dark green on the rest of the armor. I've tried pure green and I almost didn't see a difference from undyed.. Is it possible to get a bright color on it or will the leather make all colors dull?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Arteful Dodger
The regular blue dye on my ranger's 1.5K druid armor is a rather light blue. I'd like to try and dye it a darker blue. Maybe a medium to dark blue. I've looked on the various dye charts and haven't really seen anything. I've also asked in the game and the answer I get seems to be that a black and a blue would produce a medium to darker blue. Can anyone confirm this for me. Thanks and great job on the charts.
Unfortunately for both of you, ranger colors are usually very light and faded. Green+blue (teal) is rather bright, and green+purple (dark maroon) is very dark, but most other colors are very pale, especially on the red end of the spectrum. Bright colors like you would find on necromancer or elementalist armor are pretty much impossible.

The two of you may want to try mixing black, if you can afford it. Dodger, Blue+Black should give a medium-dark blue, as you said, though I wish you luck finding someone with 10k willing to confirm it Stylva, green+black might give a dark green that matches the undyable part of the armor, though I can't guarantee it.

Darksun

Darksun

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

USA

Karr's Castle

W/E

Pretty siked, finally got my 15k Luxon Necro armor. Now I can go back to the Kurzicks!
Anyways, if anyone wants to see what Yellow & Dye Remover looks like:

Arteful Dodger

Arteful Dodger

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

Geezer Guild

R/Mo

Quote:
The two of you may want to try mixing black, if you can afford it. Dodger, Blue+Black should give a medium-dark blue, as you said, though I wish you luck finding someone with 10k willing to confirm it Stylva, green+black might give a dark green that matches the undyable part of the armor, though I can't guarantee
Yes Scutilla, what you said about the light color of most ranger armor is very true. Any time I've dyed a piece of ranger armor it was in fact lighter then what I had anticipated or expected. I have the means to try a black and blue dye and have no problem doing so. I was just trying to get more input on the matter to see if what I thought was felt the same by others. Thanks for your input.

UPDATE: Tried mixing a black and blue dye and it looked like what I wanted in it's bottle but when applied to the ranger druid armor it was only slightly darker then just the blue dye by itself. I imagine if I had mixed two or three blacks with the one blue it could have possibly been darker but that's a little expensive to be experimenting with. Maybe sometime down the road I'll give it a try.

Age

Age

Hall Hero

Join Date: Jul 2005

California Canada/BC

STG Administrator

Mo/

I would just like to the mixing method better do you double click on both of them and then apply?What would be a good dye for say Monk Dragon Tats?Thanks.

Lady Lozza

Lady Lozza

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

Oz

Angel Sharks

Me/N

Double click one dye, then click on the other (like you would armour) that gives you a vial of mixed dye. You then apply the mixed dye vial to armour.

IMHO best colour for monk tatts is brown. 3 dye mix, black + orange + black.

To get the 3 dye mix, double click black, click on orange. Double click the black, click on the mixed dye vial. Double click on final product (3 mix vial) and click to apply to armour.

Darksun

Darksun

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

USA

Karr's Castle

W/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by DeathandtheHealing
anyone know the white dye combo?

is it yellow+3 silvers? and does the order matter?
or is it
silver + dye remover + silver


been reading and looking at guides but there really confusing
this is for 15k kurzick warrior female btw
There is no good white combo really. Dye remover makes the dye more transparent, so if you use silver & dye remover on mesmer armor, it would look pale, greenish grey. Likewise, if you use silver+yellow+DR on mesmer it will look lighter yellow/green. like olive drab.
shine has nothing to do with dye & everything to do with the armor itself.

BTW has anyonecompiled a list of how armor generaly effects the dye? Monk armor will allways be lighting than mesmer. Knight will always be shiney, Rit is high saturation, etc... The color charts (the ones that are ONLY color) are useless without knowing how certain armors will act.

Fezz

Fezz

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

Alabama

Charter Vanguard

Quote:
Originally Posted by Darksun
BTW has anyonecompiled a list of how armor generaly effects the dye? Monk armor will allways be lighting than mesmer. Knight will always be shiney, Rit is high saturation, etc... The color charts (the ones that are ONLY color) are useless withought know how certain armors will act.
I don't know of any such list. But I generally find that its rather easy to interpret the things you mention with just one or two of the Armor charts.

Darksun

Darksun

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

USA

Karr's Castle

W/E

yeah, there are enough charts now to get an idea of how things will effect one another. I guess it's not really needed then.

Scutilla

Scutilla

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Tyrian Explorers League

R/P

Well, the unthinkable happened... as many of you know, last night there was a huge update. Among the changes was the following:

Quote:
* The new dye system improves the appearance of base dye colors and mixed dye colors. The new system is used when you newly apply dye to an item. Existing item colors are not affected.
* Newly crafted armor now starts out gray. If you dye it to another color and then later want to restore it to its original appearance, just dye it gray. Vendors now sell gray dye instead of dye remover.
* White and brown dye colors are now available as loot drops.
* Silver is now an equipment color option during character creation.
* A new Dye Preview panel lets you preview the effect of dye color combinations on your items before applying the dye.
So, not only are all of Fezz's charts now made obsolete by the change in dye system, but the Dye Preview panel eliminates the need for charts altogether. Don't get me wrong, it's a great thing to have, but it's disappointing that the time, gold, and effort of everyone who contributed to this thread just got flushed down the toilet.

A lot of well-known shades from the old system are now either unreproducible or involve expensive mixes. So if you have an armor that was dyed before the update, be warned that if you dye it you will NOT be able to get your old color back. I dyed my ranger armor orange a couple weeks ago for Halloween, and now I can't get the exact teal color I normally use Also, if your armor was undyed before the update, it will now be colored gray, and you will need to dye it to get your old color back.

One of the new things I'm interested in is the white and brown dyes... since there aren't enough yet to stock the Dye Trader, it would be neat if some of the lucky people who have found them could post some pictures

Vahn Roi

Vahn Roi

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2006

[HiDE]

Nice working with you all :]

Dreikki

Dreikki

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Kemi, Finland.

Pirates of the Searing [YoHo]

Mo/

Ouch, the new update must be a pain for everyone who has been doing this.

cosyfiep

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

I think people will still want to see the mixes before they go and buy the dye....so having the charts will still be useful-------------but they would have to be redone, which sucks big big time. well

thanks to all who did the expensive work of mixing and screenshoting them.....it was not money wasted, many many people benefited from their efforts and we applaud them

/applaud

Woop Shotty

Woop Shotty

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

Ruthless Mafia [RM]

Mo/

I'm very glad that they haven't ruined the armors dyed with the previous dye system. My monk FoW (*ascetic*) armor costed nearly 100k to dye, and I'm sure you can imagine how glad I am to be able to keep its appearance.

I'm wondering how we'll get armor insignias on our PvE head pieces. Hopefully we will not have to buy new pieces, because the dyes I used there would have added up to a large amount as well!

Savio

Savio

Teenager with attitude

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

As the charts are obsolete now, it's best if this thread was closed. If someone still wants to take the time to update and redo these we can open it back up or start a new one. Simply send a PM to Lasareth or Inde.