Dye problem - Guild Wars Forums

eal2ucf · Jun 08, 2005, 11:14 AM // 11:14

I am a Necromancer primary and I've been having problems dying myself the same color. I go with regular boots and leggings, but my chest, arms, and face(obviously face) are the scar patterns. My problem comes to the face scar pattern. When I dye it purple, it is turqoise. When I dye it green it turns purple. The rest of my armor dyes to exactly the color I used. I have tried using a dye remover on the face scar pattern before using any dye, too. I have tried mixing and matching 2 colors at a time. Dyes are kinda rare, so I don't want to continue wasting them. I'm not rich like all other level 20s seem to be.
Mixing worked once with some lower level armor so I didn't worry about it until I got my 1.5k armor, but why should I have to mix and match to get BLUE? or GREEN? I think I ended up using blue and it turned purple. So I fine tuned it with a lighter color and it ended up blue by chance.
Is anyone else having this problem? Is it just necro primaries? -gulp- Is it just ME?!?
Any input would be great.

Shadowdaemon · Jun 08, 2005, 11:23 AM // 11:23

i tried red on the face scar pattern and got a light blue, i was thinking of tryin blue to get red, but i am not fond of wasting dyes either

eal2ucf · Jun 08, 2005, 01:58 PM // 13:58

The only thing I can think of is that the face scar patterns start out with a certain default dye color. However unlikely that may be, I can't think of anything else. Maybe they decided to make Necros "different" and "special" in an annoying way.
Now I wonder if any other character classes have this problem.

Eternal Suffering · Jun 08, 2005, 03:00 PM // 15:00

May be unrelated, but my necro currently wears tormentors armour. FYI, if you didnt know this comes in green from the crafter.

I had a spare silver dye lying around, so I wanted to see what it would look like on my armour. Wore it for a while, but decided it wasnt for me. I bought a dye remover, and used it on the dyed part, expecting it to do what it is supposed to - remove the silver, and return it to green. What was unexpected though was instead of returning to green, it became red...

I then bought a few more removers, and used them on the undyed pieces of armour, and they also turned red...

It seems some armour can be crafted pre-dyed. It also seems that dye remover is also a cheap way to dye yourself red (at 50g per shot instead of what some people sell it at

)

Algren Cole · Jun 08, 2005, 03:04 PM // 15:04

that's actually quite realistic and I'm shocked the developers thought deep enough into it. Your skin has pigmentation...unlike clothing. Dye reacts differently to the pigments in your skin. Have you ever gotten a tattoo? the color of the tattoo is never the same as the color of the ink before it's applied.

Algren Cole · Jun 08, 2005, 03:06 PM // 15:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eternal Suffering

May be unrelated, but my necro currently wears tormentors armour. FYI, if you didnt know this comes in green from the crafter.

I had a spare silver dye lying around, so I wanted to see what it would look like on my armour. Wore it for a while, but decided it wasnt for me. I bought a dye remover, and used it on the dyed part, expecting it to do what it is supposed to - remove the silver, and return it to green. What was unexpected though was instead of returning to green, it became red...

I then bought a few more removers, and used them on the undyed pieces of armour, and they also turned red...

It seems some armour can be crafted pre-dyed. It also seems that dye remover is also a cheap way to dye yourself red (at 50g per shot instead of what some people sell it at

)

Dye remover works very similarly to bleach...it removes color but doesn't return the clothing to it's original color(unless ofcourse the original was white). Ever thrown a blue shirt into the washing machine with your whites by accident??? it'll come out a pinkish-redish color depending on the deepness of the blue.

Lalii · Jun 08, 2005, 03:24 PM // 15:24

If you go to the PvP character creation the same thing happens there for necromancers. The colours are set up going default, red, yellow, blue, green and purple. They seem to register as the colour to their right.

Tweaker · Jun 08, 2005, 03:32 PM // 15:32

Yes its like dying a chaos axe, if you dye it using a RED DYE , it will turn BLUE.. If you dye it BLACK, its BRIGHT WHITE, if you dye it BLUE it turns red..

Kinda like your face :P SO DYE IT THE OPPOSITE COLOR u want =]

Vanessa Dwager · Jun 08, 2005, 04:03 PM // 16:03

Hench the chaos axe being chaotic in coloring =P

ihmurria · Jun 08, 2005, 04:48 PM // 16:48

Like someone already mentioned, fiddle around with the colours in PvP creation mode. That's what I did, to see what the types of armour looked like as well as where the dye was applied and what colours they turned out to be. I think it only shows fairly basic colours though.

eal2ucf · Jun 09, 2005, 07:11 PM // 19:11

Yeah, I just dyed my face yellow and it turned hot pink. This has to stop!

Glad to see other people have the same problem. I will definitely try out my colors in character creation mode for PvP before applying dyes in game. Thanks for the tip.

FrogDevourer · Jun 27, 2005, 09:46 AM // 09:46

Reference thread to dye necro scars:
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=25784

Omega_2005 · Jun 27, 2005, 09:48 AM // 09:48

so BGGG makes gold on a necro scar? That's a bit odd...!

Shadowdaemon · Jun 28, 2005, 01:22 AM // 01:22

purple and yellow made gold on my monks tattoo's

Jun 08, 2005, 11:14 AM // 11:14	#1
eal2ucf Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Jun 2005	Dye problem I am a Necromancer primary and I've been having problems dying myself the same color. I go with regular boots and leggings, but my chest, arms, and face(obviously face) are the scar patterns. My problem comes to the face scar pattern. When I dye it purple, it is turqoise. When I dye it green it turns purple. The rest of my armor dyes to exactly the color I used. I have tried using a dye remover on the face scar pattern before using any dye, too. I have tried mixing and matching 2 colors at a time. Dyes are kinda rare, so I don't want to continue wasting them. I'm not rich like all other level 20s seem to be. Mixing worked once with some lower level armor so I didn't worry about it until I got my 1.5k armor, but why should I have to mix and match to get BLUE? or GREEN? I think I ended up using blue and it turned purple. So I fine tuned it with a lighter color and it ended up blue by chance. Is anyone else having this problem? Is it just necro primaries? -gulp- Is it just ME?!? Any input would be great.

Jun 27, 2005, 09:46 AM // 09:46	#12
FrogDevourer on a GW break until C4 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: In your shadow Guild: Servants of Fortuna	Reference thread to dye necro scars: http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=25784 __________________

Jun 08, 2005, 11:23 AM // 11:23	#2
Shadowdaemon Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Anderson IN USA Guild: Ecks Di [xD] Profession: W/N	i tried red on the face scar pattern and got a light blue, i was thinking of tryin blue to get red, but i am not fond of wasting dyes either

Jun 08, 2005, 01:58 PM // 13:58	#3
eal2ucf Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Jun 2005	The only thing I can think of is that the face scar patterns start out with a certain default dye color. However unlikely that may be, I can't think of anything else. Maybe they decided to make Necros "different" and "special" in an annoying way. Now I wonder if any other character classes have this problem.

Jun 08, 2005, 03:00 PM // 15:00	#4
Eternal Suffering Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: SE London, UK Profession: N/E	May be unrelated, but my necro currently wears tormentors armour. FYI, if you didnt know this comes in green from the crafter. I had a spare silver dye lying around, so I wanted to see what it would look like on my armour. Wore it for a while, but decided it wasnt for me. I bought a dye remover, and used it on the dyed part, expecting it to do what it is supposed to - remove the silver, and return it to green. What was unexpected though was instead of returning to green, it became red... I then bought a few more removers, and used them on the undyed pieces of armour, and they also turned red... It seems some armour can be crafted pre-dyed. It also seems that dye remover is also a cheap way to dye yourself red (at 50g per shot instead of what some people sell it at )

Jun 08, 2005, 03:04 PM // 15:04	#5
Algren Cole Banned Join Date: Jun 2005	that's actually quite realistic and I'm shocked the developers thought deep enough into it. Your skin has pigmentation...unlike clothing. Dye reacts differently to the pigments in your skin. Have you ever gotten a tattoo? the color of the tattoo is never the same as the color of the ink before it's applied.

Jun 08, 2005, 03:24 PM // 15:24	#7
Lalii Academy Page Join Date: May 2005 Location: Australia Guild: Fight Under No King Profession: N/E	If you go to the PvP character creation the same thing happens there for necromancers. The colours are set up going default, red, yellow, blue, green and purple. They seem to register as the colour to their right.

Jun 08, 2005, 03:32 PM // 15:32	#8
Tweaker Ascalonian Squire Join Date: May 2005	Yes its like dying a chaos axe, if you dye it using a RED DYE , it will turn BLUE.. If you dye it BLACK, its BRIGHT WHITE, if you dye it BLUE it turns red.. Kinda like your face :P SO DYE IT THE OPPOSITE COLOR u want =]

Jun 08, 2005, 04:03 PM // 16:03	#9
Vanessa Dwager Academy Page Join Date: Jun 2005 Profession: N/R	Hench the chaos axe being chaotic in coloring =P

Jun 08, 2005, 04:48 PM // 16:48	#10
ihmurria Academy Page Join Date: May 2005 Location: Canuckia	Like someone already mentioned, fiddle around with the colours in PvP creation mode. That's what I did, to see what the types of armour looked like as well as where the dye was applied and what colours they turned out to be. I think it only shows fairly basic colours though.

Jun 09, 2005, 07:11 PM // 19:11	#11
eal2ucf Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Jun 2005	Yeah, I just dyed my face yellow and it turned hot pink. This has to stop! Glad to see other people have the same problem. I will definitely try out my colors in character creation mode for PvP before applying dyes in game. Thanks for the tip.

Jun 27, 2005, 09:48 AM // 09:48	#13
Omega_2005 Krytan Explorer Join Date: May 2005 Location: UK, or is it? confused Profession: A/Rt	so BGGG makes gold on a necro scar? That's a bit odd...!

Jun 28, 2005, 01:22 AM // 01:22	#14
Shadowdaemon Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Anderson IN USA Guild: Ecks Di [xD] Profession: W/N	purple and yellow made gold on my monks tattoo's