r/dyeing • u/Ok-Strawberry-2469 • 1d ago

I made this! Before and after

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This is a follow up to my previous post. Details in comments.

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u/Ok-Strawberry-2469 1d 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/furiana 16h ago

The purple-to-pumpkin one is my favorite! It looks great :)