Dye mixing question

Alright I saw a guy in warcamp that has 15k cultist and it was dyed a awsome copper color. I PM'd him asking what dye combo it was and he said it was 2 silver and 2 orange.

So here's my question.....what order do I need to mix those in? do I need to mix 1 silver and 1 orange to get 1 mixed color then do it again and get 2 mixed colors and then mix those two together or what?

You'd have to ask him... mixing an orange with a silver, then mixing that with another orange produces a different color than if you mix an orange with an orange, then mix the combination with a silver.

In this case, it would make no sense if he mixed an orange with an orange or a silver with a silver first, so the first mix would have been orange + silver. Now, he could either add the two remaining dyes separately, or mix those two together and mix the combinations. In this case, however, mixing an orange + silver with an orange + silver still gives you an orange + silver, which would be just a waste of dye. So, the two possibilities left are orange + silver mixed with silver, and then the combination mixed with orange, or orange + silver mixed with orange, and the combination mixed with silver.

(I haven't actually mixed two dyes of the same color together, but I'm pretty sure you get the same color. Anyone actually tried it?)