Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Mixing RIT dye

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.