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Seraphim of Chaos · Dec 02, 2006, 07:09 PM // 19:09

I stumbled on this at Kaineng. The chap was trying to sell it.

*Darcy* · Dec 02, 2006, 07:22 PM // 19:22

My Gray dye looks red also. It has for weeks. I think it happened when they updated the dyes so the old and new would stack.

leybi · Dec 02, 2006, 08:14 PM // 20:14

I had some grey vials that looks like that too.

It's the old dissolvant vials that I had in my storage which became like that after the dye-maj.

Seraphim of Chaos · Dec 02, 2006, 10:38 PM // 22:38

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Originally Posted by Darcy

My Gray dye looks red also. It has for weeks. I think it happened when they updated the dyes so the old and new would stack.

My grey dye that I bought a few weeks ago looks well...grey.

Dec 03, 2006, 07:47 AM // 07:47

i tried to dye my warrior armor grey and silver and it came out yellow?!?

figure that one out.

and it was primeval armor btw.

Lag Hell · Dec 03, 2006, 07:51 AM // 07:51

the red-grey dye has been around since nf release

Vilaptca · Dec 03, 2006, 07:52 AM // 07:52

I bet the "red" gray dyes are actually old dye removers.

Maybe?

shardfenix · Dec 03, 2006, 07:52 AM // 07:52

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Originally Posted by Chop it Off

i tried to dye my warrior armor grey and silver and it came out yellow?!?

figure that one out.

and it was primeval armor btw.

Gray is how Arenanet says "Dye Remover" That's why your armor turned yellowish.

Dec 03, 2006, 07:55 AM // 07:55

but according to the dye update. there were no more base colors for class's i thought??

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Newly crafted armor now starts out gray. If you dye it to another color and then later want to restore it to its original appearance, just dye it gray. Vendors now sell gray dye instead of dye remover.

Lag Hell · Dec 03, 2006, 07:55 AM // 07:55

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Originally Posted by shardfenix

Gray is how Arenanet says "Dye Remover" That's why your armor turned yellowish.

thats incorrect, grey dye actually dyes the armour a grey color. and it acts as a dye remover as all armour base colors are now grey..

Curse You · Dec 03, 2006, 08:05 AM // 08:05

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Originally Posted by Lag Hell

all armour base colors are now grey..

Technnically no. The armour sold at mechant has just been made so that they sell it dyed grey. The old base colours still exsist, they're just impossible to get.

lutz · Dec 03, 2006, 09:11 AM // 09:11

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Originally Posted by Curse You

Technnically no. The armour sold at mechant has just been made so that they sell it dyed grey. The old base colours still exsist, they're just impossible to get.

No, they are all possible to get. Old base colors used to be dyed colors: meaning that they were sold dyed blue, yellow, red, etc. For example, for the Platemail armor, it used to be sold dyed blue, now it's sold dyed gray. To get the old base color, just dye it blue.

Curse You · Dec 03, 2006, 09:21 AM // 09:21

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Originally Posted by lutz

For example, for the Platemail armor, it used to be sold dyed blue, now it's sold dyed gray. To get the old base color, just dye it blue.

The base colour of platemale armour is yellow. -_-

Lugosi · Dec 03, 2006, 04:44 PM // 16:44

Before the change all armors came pre-dyed from the crafter as well.
Necro armor for example (real basecolor red) was pre-dyed green, warrior-armor (real basecolor yellow) was pre-dyed blue, and so on. By using dye-remover you could simply remove that extra layer and get the real basecolor to display.

After the dye-update the armors still have their old basecolors and still come pre-dyed, but this pre-dye is just gray on all profession's armors.

Several armors have always had spots where the real basecolor would still shine through after you applied dye, for example the "courtly" armor of the female mesmer. Take a closer look at the areas around the gold-applications and you'll notice a lot of green shining through (green being the real basecolor of mesmer-armor).
This still applies to new armors, even to the armors of new professions. Get Elonian armor for the female dervish and have a closer look at the sides of the hood - you'll notice blue-ish spots shining through (blue being the real basecolor of dervish armor).

So...honestly, the real basecolors of armors haven't changed, all they changed were the colors the armors were already pre-dyed with when you got them from the crafter. And instead of dye-remover there's now gray dye

Nero · Dec 03, 2006, 11:12 PM // 23:12

i have a yellow dye that has a merchant value of 25g

/leet

chessyang · Dec 04, 2006, 03:41 AM // 03:41

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Originally Posted by Nero

/leet

I know neat huh

Manic Smile · Dec 04, 2006, 04:11 AM // 04:11

use brown on warriors and you'll get the original yellow

VanDamselx · Dec 04, 2006, 04:41 AM // 04:41

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Originally Posted by Nero

i have a yellow dye that has a merchant value of 25g

/leet

That's the dye you received from the quest "To Dye For." They made it non-stacking.

Carth` · Dec 04, 2006, 06:37 AM // 06:37

That's weird because I did that quest yesterday and got a blue dye and it stacked.

Gaile Gray · Dec 04, 2006, 08:49 AM // 08:49

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Originally Posted by Carth`

That's weird because I did that quest yesterday and got a blue dye and it stacked.

Are you sure? Take a look at your inventory, storage, whatever, because honestly it's not stackable -- the code prohibits it. If it stacked, it's a bloomin' miracle! (I suspect it's probably just in another slot.)

Oh and by the way, the way most people get around the "one odd dye" non-stackability issue is, of course, to use that dye first, thereby tidying things up nicely.

Oh, also: I'll pass along the bug about the dye that isn't the right colour, with thanks for the report.