Re: overdye orange

2003-03-23 Thread Robin Murphy
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

Re: overdye orange

2003-03-21 Thread Cj. Aberte
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

Re: overdye orange

2003-03-21 Thread Holly
Robin writes: <> 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,

overdye orange

2003-03-21 Thread Robin Murphy
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