These are some of my favorite color combinations I came up with when mixing RIT dyes.
These dye recipes are all mixed with one cup of water
Apple Green
4 tsp golden yellow*
1/2 tsp dark green
Eggplant
3 tsp aubergine*
1/2 tsp black
Dark Olive
3 tsp sunshine orange*
1/2 tsp dark green
1/4 tsp black
Army Green
2 tsp golden yellow*
1 tsp Black
1/2 tsp dark green
Curry
3 tsp sunshine orange*
1/2 tsp purple
Pumpkin Spice
1 tsp tangerine
1 tsp sunshine orange*
1/2 tsp cocoa
Yellow Ochre
3 tsp golden yellow*
1/2 tsp purple
Terra Cotta
1 1/2 tsp tangerine
1/2 tsp cocoa
Blue-violet/Periwinkle
1 1/2 tsp royal blue
1/2 tsp purple
More Colors
Orange Ochre
3 tsp sunshine orange*
1 tsp purple
Lime Green
2 tsp Golden yellow*
1/2 tsp Kelly green
Leaf Green
3 tsp golden yellow*
1/2 tsp dark green
Mulberry
1 tsp purple
2 tsp fuchsia*
Violet
1 tsp purple
1 tsp royal blue
Olive Drab
2 tsp golden yellow*
1 tsp black
Wood Violet
1 1/2 tsp denim
1/2 tsp purple
Bronze
3 tsp sunshine orange*
1/2 tsp navy
1/4 tsp black
Light Olive
3 tsp golden yellow*
1/2 tsp black
Dark Terra Cotta
1 tsp tangerine
1 tsp cocoa
* powder dye
all other dyes are liquid dye
the liquid dyes are more concentrated colors than the powder
These dye recipes were used doing a low immersion dye method. See my article Quilting Arts magazine December 2008 issue.
This blog is a place to archive project processes and techniques from Painted Threads with descriptions of how work was produced. I am including comments that contain questions and answers pertaining to the work from many of the original blog posts.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
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