* <span style=background-color:grey;color:white>White</span> - 1kg of water per 1kg of zinc. Larger amounts of water and zinc produce larger amounts of dye.
When using more water or tannin than metal the amount of metal determines the amount of dye produced. Sometimes a water to metal ratio that's not exactly 1:1 will only use the same amount of water as metal and leave some water in the container. You will get the message that ''Not all the dye would fit'' and the dye is lost. Therefore it is advised to use an exact 1:1 ratio.
Since combining dye results in small loss of quality it is advised to create dye from one larger piece of metal instead of many 1kg pieces.