Dye

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Dye, used to colour clothing and items with.

Dye is made from various items and water and is used to paint items and walls.

Colors

• Black - Tannin and iron lump or iron scrap (difficulty 40, hardest dye to make)
• Blue - Woad
• Green - Copper lump or copper scrap (minimum .8 kg)
• Red - Cave bug or scorpion cochineal
• White - Zinc lump or zinc scrap

Tools required

• Any container that can hold liquid, like pottery jar or small bucket

Items required

• Water
• Cochineal
• Copper lump or copper scrap
• Tannin and iron lump or iron scrap
• Woad
• Zinc lump

Method

1. Put appropriate item in inventory.
2. Put water in container.
3. Activate item.
4. Right-click on water in container and select "Create > Miscellaneous > <color> dye"

Notes

• Resulting dye will have three color values: red, green, and blue.
• R=255 G=255 B=255 is pure white.
• Dye may be combined 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 color will be.
• Dye and water cannot be mixed to make a paler dye.
• The more difficult colors can not be made until after making some of the easier colors. 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.
• If failing to make green dye using a copper:
  • A copper scrap of the same mass is created.
  • The scrap is destroyed.

Usage

1. Activate dye.
2. Right-click on item and select "Paint".

Paintable items include: building walls, chests, barrels, buckets, signs, carts, catapults, pottery, lanterns, statues, and ships.

The amount of dye used depends on the item being painted:

Object	Amount
Small Cart	6.05 kg
Large Cart	47.23 kg
Small barrel	0.36 kg
Large barrel	2 kg
Bucket	0.1 kg
House wall	1 kg
Small chest	0.36 kg
Large chest	2.4 kg
Statues	0.8 kg
Bed	5.76 kg
Lantern	0.015 kg
Small sign	0.01 kg
Huge tub	18 kg
Rowing Boat	12.10 kg
Small Sailing Boat	12.10 kg
Cog	819.84 kg
Chair	0.15 kg
Lamp	0.06 kg
Spirit castle	2 kg
Small raft	6.05 kg
Shop sign	0.01 kg
Metal torch	0.02 kg

Removal

To remove dye from a painted object, use a metal brush on it.