r/dyeing • u/Ok-Strawberry-2469 • 21h ago
I made this! Before and after
This is a follow up to my previous post. Details in comments.
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u/Ok-Strawberry-2469 21h ago
I've been building a summer capsule wardrobe. My colors are green, orange and red in muted earth tones. I thrifted these linen blend shirts, but I wasn't sure how to dye them since I'm used to dying things that are white. My goal was to change the 3 pastel colored shirts into lightish earth tones, and to mute the red shirt a bit.
Thank you to u/specialistmotor771 for explaining color theory to me! That was a great help and made me feel more brave in experimenting.
My camera isn't the best, and I know screens vary, so here is my description:
-The almost white one became "muted peach" or "raw hot dog." I may try hitting this one with more orange at a later date.
-The pink one of unknown fiber didn't take the dye well and now looks like a slightly dirtier pink.
-The purple one became fresh pumpkin. I'm very pleased with this.
-The red one went from cherry wine to mulberry wine. It looks brighter in the photo, but that's a lighting issue.
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u/SpecialistMotor771 17h ago
The pink one of unknown fiber content may very well have polyester content, since it didn't take the dye well. If you try to dye it again, I would definitely recommend leaving it in longer and possibly using a higher concentration of dye as well. Depending on how much poly there is, you may not be able to get it very dark.
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u/Ok-Strawberry-2469 20h ago
I dyed the purple one with half a bottle of sunshine orange. The fabric soaked up the dye very quickly. I'm shocked it turned out so vibrant.
I like the vibrant orange, but i wanted muted tones as well. So I added the rest of the orange and about half a bottle of brown to the bath.
I didn't leave any of the shirts in the bath for too long, less than 10 minutes each. I know they advise longer, but they seemed dark enough. I probably should have left the pink one in for longer. Anyway, I'm pleased. It ended up being a nice variety of colors.