Vial of Dye

Basics
A Vial of Dye (usually just called Dye for short) can be used to change the color of Items.

Dye comes in the following colors:

Usage
You use Dye by double-clicking on the Vial of Dye, and then clicking on item you want to dye.

Most armor and weapons can be dyed, though the effects vary among different equipment. Using the same dye on different armors can look very different. It is advised that you use the dye preview panel to examine the resulting colour before applying the dye.

Some items dye differently from normal, such as the Chaos Axe, Necromancer's Scar Pattern Armor, and female Fissure Monk Armor (you can find guides for dying these at the Guild Wars Guru and OGaming links at the bottom of this article). For example, using blue dye on a Chaos Axe will turn it red.

Dye added to armor and weapons can be removed using Gray Dye. However, it is not necessary to remove dye when changing from one color to another (for example, if you have armor that has been dyed red, you do not need to remove the red dye before dying it green.)

Note that some weapons and armor (such as Eternal Shields and Elementalist Headgear) cannot be dyed. Also, some items, such as the Eternal Bow and the 15k Scar armor, will accept dye but do not change noticibly when dyed.

Dye can be obtained by looting slain enemies, buying them from Dye Traders or trading them with other players.

Silver will not make non-metallic parts of the armor shine. For example, the Aeromancer's Armor (15k) is dyed only in the cloth non-metallic parts. The shiny lightning is always white. Dying the set silver will make the cloth parts a light grey as opposed to silver.

Dye can also be used on bags. This doesn't affect the character's outward appearance, it just changes the bags' color in the inventory window.

Mixing Dyes
You can mix dye effects in the dye preview screen by simply dragging the dyes you wish to mix into the appropriate slots.

You can also use grey in dye mixes; in this case the remover acts as the base color of the item the dye is applied to. For example, if you mixed a grey dye and a green dye and applied it to a Necromancer armor (base color Red), the resulting color would look the same as if you had applied a Red + Green mix. Each class's armor has a base color, as follows: Warrior = Yellow, Monk = White, Ranger = Tan, Necromancer = Red, Elementalist = Purple, Mesmer = Green, Assassin = Blue, Ritualist = Orange (Update as of 26/10/2006 - "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."

Adjacent is a chart of all dye combinations using two and three dyes (except Black). Dye Chart created by Fezz. Thanks go to all those who donated Dyes to this chart.

You can also see All dye combinations.

Some general tips for mixing dyes: If you dye the 15k Canthan Armor with the traditional gold dye, it will come out a bronze-ish color.
 * Mixing Silver with another color produces a dull metallic version of that color. More specifically, adding silver dye in a mix increases contrast and decreases saturation.
 * Yellow + Blue usually makes a dirty yellow, although on some metallic armors it comes out as light blue.
 * Orange + Green generally makes a light brown color on cloth armor, or a rusty brown on metallic armor.
 * Red + Green makes a nice orangish bronze on some armors, and a dark brown on others.
 * Yellow + Purple makes a brown color, slightly lighter than the official brown dye you can choose for your armor when you make a new character. This combination very closely resembles the official brown dye on cloth-based armors, such as Assassin, Ranger, and Monk.
 * Red + Blue makes lighter purple than the purple dye.
 * Orange + Purple makes maroon (red with a hint of purple).
 * Green + Blue makes teal.
 * Blue + Grey makes a very nice looking purple.
 * Silver + Blue makes a light teal.
 * Silver + Purple makes a slightly less vibrant shade of purple.
 * Green + Purple varies from teal to light purple depending on the armor. On metallic armors (such as Knight's Armor), it appears a darker blue.
 * Silver + Red makes a lightly less vibrant shade of red (a lighter version of the rich chocolate brown you get upon mixing red + green).
 * Silver + Yellow + Orange mixes into a gold colored dye. Yellow + Orange is also considered 'gold' but lacks the sheen.  Be aware of the gold dye scam!
 * (Silver + Yellow) + (Silver + Orange) = pure gold dye. *note* makes an ugly reddish color on a 15k canthan armor.
 * Green + Blue + Green = teal.
 * Yellow + Green + Orange = gold dye.
 * Yellow + 3 * Silver = almost white, light yellow on metallic armor. Be aware of the white dye scam (makes tan white on a dragon mask)!  Note: This does not look white on Ascalon Necromancer armor or 15k mesmer enchanters armor and looks bone-coloured on Canthan 15k necromancer armour, which is admittedly very nice indeed.
 * Silver + Grey + Silver (in that order) = an alternate near-white combination (makes tan white on a dragon mask)
 * (Any Color) + Grey will act exactly as the color mixed with the default character armor color. For instance, on a warriors armor, mixing green with dye remover makes an almost neon green, the same result as if you had mixed green and yellow.
 * Red + Purple + Grey makes a very nice pink dye.
 * Silver + Red + Red makes a lighter, more traditional pink.
 * Black + Any color makes a much darker version of this color.
 * Blue + 3 * Yellow makes a gold color on the Warriors' Plate Armor.
 * Green + Orange makes a nice gold color for 15K Warrior Kurzick Armor.
 * Green + Grey + Green makes a really nice dark green color on most armors.

Necromancer Armors behave differently from other classes. The armor's original color comes into play when mixing dyes. For instance, most Necromancer Armors come in Red, so by mixing a simple color like Yellow, you won't get the expected Yellow color. You will instead have that Yellow mixed in with the armor's Red, thus giving you Orange. The only two colors that don't apply to this are Silver and Black.

There have also been cases of both colors working together on Necromancer Armor. A 15k Cultist Armor with Blue mixed into Purple will result in having Blue and Purple together, depending on your view angle.

If you dye a Chaos Axe a certain color, it will usually become the inverted color of that particular dye. Colors like black cannot be obtained using a Silver dye or white dye mix. You can see how dye affects Chaos Axes at Fezz's dye charts, linked below.

Items With Non-Standard Dye Effects

 * Chaos Axe
 * Frost Artifact
 * Storm Artifact