I apologize for the long post. So I have a Nomad crossbody in aubergine. I love the leather, size, style, and the way it wears on me. Everything about it is perfect, except the color is a little dull. I have lived with this, but my favorite shade of purple is a reddish-purple, like eggplant. Now, I also own a Nomad crossbody in dark cherry, which is a dark, rich red. When I purchased my dark cherry secondhand, it had a few worn looking white spots. I got a red dye from Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Leather-Refi...eywords=red+autumn+dye&qid=1579997991&sr=8-10) and though it took me months to work up the courage to dye those spots, the color matched perfectly and the spots are invisible now and you would never be able to tell there were worn-looking spots on the leather. The idea just now occurred to me--since I was looking up true eggplant bags--if I could use that dark red dye and lightly apply it to my aubergine bag. I would try it on a little, out of the way spot first of course, but wanted some input. Do you think the red dye, in very limited quantities, turn my flat purple bag more reddish and rich in color? As it it is, I don't wear it that often because I have other Nomads in colors I like more, but don't want it to sit there unused.
This is the actual color of the aubergine:
I'm wondering if the red dye would make it look more similar to this, tho I know it'd likely be darker:
I only paid $100 for it and think I've gotten my money's worth out of it anyway, but would hate to ruin it for no reason with the red dye. Does anybody have experience dyeing bags--not to change the entire color--but to tint it towards a different shade? Or should I just leave as is?
This is the actual color of the aubergine:
I'm wondering if the red dye would make it look more similar to this, tho I know it'd likely be darker:
I only paid $100 for it and think I've gotten my money's worth out of it anyway, but would hate to ruin it for no reason with the red dye. Does anybody have experience dyeing bags--not to change the entire color--but to tint it towards a different shade? Or should I just leave as is?
