[h-cost] Color dye mixing
I have a length of wool that is a fushia color that I would like to take to burgundy. any suggestions on the colors to add to the fushia to get burgundy? I was thinking blue, but don't want to go purple... alex -- So much to do and so little attention span to get it done with… ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] More on that spider silk
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Re: [h-cost] Color dye mixing
Ooo, lots of options there! If you were to use a bright, saturated blue, then yeah, you'd go purple. Or purplish, or purpler. If you were to use a dark blue with a lot of black to it, like a navy, you'd get something along the lines of a plum color, which could pass for burgundy. If you were to overdye with a burgundy of the shade you wanted in the first place, you'd get a darker and more saturated version of that shade. If it were me, I'd overdye with brown--anything from a bright rust, to a sepia, depending on how bright you want the burgundy to turn out. If you want to sadden/desaturate the fuchsia a lot, add some green into the mix. Generally speaking, if you want a redder/warmer burgundy as the end result, use something with some yellow in your overdye; if you want a purpley burgundy, use something with blue in it. If you want a saddened/desaturated result, use something that's either the opposite color (green) or has a lot of black in it (dark anything). If you want a result that's just as saturated, only darker, over dye with something that's about halfway in between what you have and what you want. (Awkward phrasing. For example, if you had fuchsia, and wanted a really vibrant and saturated plum, you would overdye the fuchsia with a vibrant maroon.) -E House On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Alexandria Doyle garbaho...@gmail.com wrote: I have a length of wool that is a fushia color that I would like to take to burgundy. any suggestions on the colors to add to the fushia to get burgundy? I was thinking blue, but don't want to go purple... alex -- So much to do and so little attention span to get it done with… ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Color dye mixing
Test it first. I once had some teal wool that I wanted to dye navy, and the dye did nothing. Then I treated it with a color remover, and got a school-bus yellow, which took the navy dye perfectly. Whatever that teal dye was, it saturated the fibers so nothing more could be added. A test would have meant just a little bit of dye and a lot less agitation of the wool, although it came through ok. -Carol On Sep 25, 2009, at 4:21 PM, Alexandria Doyle wrote: I have a length of wool that is a fushia color that I would like to take to burgundy. any suggestions on the colors to add to the fushia to get burgundy? I was thinking blue, but don't want to go purple... alex ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Color dye mixing
I agree, browns, and for depth at least one part black. I once de-fuchsia-ed some linen with a deep red and brown dye for a much nicer rich red. Sarah Paterson/Bess Darnley - Original Message - Snip If it were me, I'd overdye with brown--anything from a bright rust, to a sepia, depending on how bright you want the burgundy to turn out. If you want to sadden/desaturate the fuchsia a lot, add some green into the mix. Snip -E House On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Alexandria Doyle garbaho...@gmail.com wrote: I have a length of wool that is a fushia color that I would like to take to burgundy. any suggestions on the colors to add to the fushia to get burgundy? I was thinking blue, but don't want to go purple... alex -- So much to do and so little attention span to get it done with… ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
