I would like to thank Holly and Cj. for their responses to my dying query.
I now have some idea of what the outcome might be, and will try my hand at
changing the color of the throw. It really is a nice orange deep,
rich, maybe leaning a bit on the red side.. but it just doesn't go wit
At 07:39 AM 3/21/2003, you wrote:
I have inherited a pumpkin orange mohair throw.. it needs to be dyed. I
haven't done any overdying and am not sure what colors would work. Any
suggestions? The final color really doesn't matter, as long as it's not
orange.
Since color is additive, about the
Robin writes:
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What do you mean by 'pumpkin' orange? I most often see that term used
for nicely balanced oranges, but real pumpkins are usually rather more
yellow than red :) And how dark is the orange? Pumpkins are usually on
the light side of orange.
If you can get some watercolor paints,
I have inherited a pumpkin orange mohair throw.. it needs to be dyed. I
haven't done any overdying and am not sure what colors would work. Any
suggestions? The final color really doesn't matter, as long as it's not
orange.
Thanks
Robin Murphy, in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, where it is sn