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== Description ==Dye is used to paint items and walls. == Method ==#Put substance in inventory.#Put water in container.#Activate substance.#Right click on water in container, select create/misc/dye/colour=== Tools Required ===:* [[Jar]]:* [[Small bucket]] === Items Required ===:* [[Woad]]:* [[Zinc lump]]:* [[Copper lump]] or [[Metal scrap|copper scrap]]:* [[Water]]:* [[Cave bug]] [[cochineal]]:* [New page [Scorpion]] [[cochineal]]Item:* [[Tannin]] and [[iron lump]] or [[iron scrap]] === Resulting Colors ===:*Blue - [[Woad]]:*White - [[Zinc lump]] or [[metal scrap|zinc scrap]]:*Green - [[Copper lump]] or [[metal scrap|copper scrap]] minimum 0.80 kg:*Black - [[Tannin]] and [[iron lump]]/[[iron scrap|scrap]] Difficulty 40 (Hardest dye to make):*Red - [[Cave bug]] or [[Scorpion]] [[cochineal]] == Notes ==:* Resulting [[dye]] will have three color values, red, green and blue.:* R=255 G=255 B=255 is pure white.:* You can combine [[dye]] and the values will average out (although they will be about 2 points closer to grey across the board).:* The higher the quality is, the brighter and less grey the colour will be.:* Dye and water cannot be mixed to make a paler dye.:* The more difficult colours can not be made until after making some of the easier colours. Start with green, or maybe blue.:* To get rid of unwanted dye just right click and select "Pour" (don't worry, it won't leave a stain).:* When making dye with metal lumps, there is no need to heat them up first.:* The [[quality]] of the [[cochineal]] does not affect the success chance when creating red dye. === Usage ===#Activate [[dye]]#Right click on item, select Paint You can paint building walls, chests, barrels, buckets, signs, carts, catapults, pottery, lanterns, statues and ships. The amount of dye used depends on the item being painted:{| border="1" cellpadding = "5" cellspacing = "0" class=sortable! Object! Amount|-|Small Cart| 6.05 kg|-|Large Cart| 47.23 kg|-|Small barrel| 0.3 kg|-|Large barrel| 2 kg|-|Bucket| 0.1 kg|-|House wall| 1 kg|-|Large chest| 2.4 kg|-|Statues| 0.8 kg|-|Bed| 5.76 kg|-|Lantern| 0.015 kg|-|Small sign| 0.01 kg|-|Rowing Boat| 12.10 kg|-|Sail Boat| 12.10 kg|-|Chair| 0.15 kg|-|Lamp| 0.06 kg|} === Removal ===You can remove dye from a painted object by using a [[metal brush]] on it. [[Category:Natural substances items]][[Category:Babel/D]]