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uigrad · May 31, 2005, 10:35 PM // 22:35

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Originally Posted by trixster44

I was wondering is it smarter to trade the black dye for another item or to sell to a dye trader?

If you really need money, the only acceptable solution is to trade it to another player. Go to Ascalon dist. 1, and you'll find someone who will buy it for much more than the dye trader.

If you don't care about cash ('cause you already have everything in the game you want), then just sell it to the dye trader. There's a few people who do this, and that's why the dye trader has them. But, most people trade to other players.

Ensign · May 31, 2005, 10:38 PM // 22:38

Black dye is significantly more rare than the other dyes.

Dyes don't mix like pigments but like lights. Basically a mixed dye shines multiple lights on your armor, with reds coming before greens coming before blues. Silver and black brighten and darken the overall effect.

There are some real oddball combinations in there - my favorite is green plus purple, which actually dyes your armor something relatively close to its 'natural' color. If you have cash to burn and multiple characters I'd suggest trying it - it's a lime green on a Necromancer, a dark red on the Ranger, sea green on a Mesmer, light blue on a Warrior.

But you're going to see some variation in dye from class to class, so no chart is going to be perfect (again, due to base colorations), so just mess with mixing and find something you like. Personally I'm using Green + Blue + Black for a rich, dark green on my Elementalist, and Orange + Black + Black for a brown on my Monk.

Peace,
-CxE