If I remember from past DD, they were priced only slightly higher than reg 90s. So a bit more, but not off-puttingly.
Strangely, C'est la Fête 70s were exactly the same price as the other cws.
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If I remember from past DD, they were priced only slightly higher than reg 90s. So a bit more, but not off-puttingly.
Strangely, C'est la Fête 70s were exactly the same price as the other cws.
From the list @Pegase gave your best bet is to take a bright blue or turquoise scarf and over-dye with yellow. I see some blue scarves on the after pics so if they have a straight mid-blue you can go yellow to blue too but watch out, the more ocre or orange the tone the more olive the result, if the blue is dark you'll get dark green.
Thanks. What can I do with a scarf that is already emerald green? What are some interesting possibilities?
Emerald is already a mid-to dark colour so it will be the same or darker intensity.
Over-dye with blue for teal
" " red for brown
" " yellow or olive for a dark-leaf to olive
" " grey to soften and darken the emerald colour (but it will also soften the lines of the design)
if it's the scarf I'm thinking about which is basically one colour it may not get anymore interesting as such just a different one colour
Are you serious!? Wow. The CLF 70 dip dyes available in the boutiques could have been so much more interesting with different overdyes.
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I agree, I think blue would yield a very pretty result. The ones that end up looking a little more muddled and brown are the green/red combos.
Yes, thanks @nicole0612 and @papertiger. Now I am very curious what effect gray will have. I love gray! Are there already any DDs in gray? I can't think of any. I have one burgundy and one turquoise DD. I had C'est la fete in khaki DD and also the navy DD, but they just weren't working for me.
thanks, can't wait to see what options they have available!
Gray could be very interesting and subtle. I'm interested to find out also.
I agree, the navy CLF DDs could have been better.
I am so excited about this! Sorry I am being so pesky. Reading the list of colors from @Pegase, I don't see blue! That is so weird.
Gray, violet, red, olive, yellow, pink.
I think I just need to calm down and hope that they can be helpful on the spot. Since I'll be going the final day, they should have some experience with what works well. And maybe some of YOU will have posted before and after shots!
Gray, violet, red, olive, yellow, pink.
I think I just need to calm down and hope that they can be helpful on the spot. Since I'll be going the final day, they should have some experience with what works well. And maybe some of YOU will have posted before and after shots!
I'm not sure what dyes they have available, but in general, in color mixing, if you stay with the analogous colors to the immediate left and right of your color, you will not end up with mud. The colors to the immediate left and right would be best but you can probably go one more over if necessary. For example, if you dip dye your green scarf into yellow-green or yellow dye, you'll likely get a warm green (green-yellow). If you go the other way and dip dye your green scarf into a blue-green or blue dye, you'll likely get a green-blue.
Where you usually get into trouble is choosing any color on the opposite side of the wheel--in the case of your green scarf, colors near green's complement which is red. So if you're trying to avoid your green border turning brown or gray, don't choose a dye that is red, red-orange, orange, red-violet, violet, or blue-violet.
Or at least know that those colors might work with the other colors in your scarf, but will mute your green considerably.
That makes sense...
-Gray would gray down any base colors in your scarf.
-Violet would gray down any yellows or oranges in your scarf and make any reds or blues more rich (and more violet).
-Red would gray-down any greens, turn blues into violets, turn violets more burgundy, and turn yellows more orange-y or coppery.
-Yellow will intensify orange and red, making your reds more orange, turn blue into greenish blue, and mute any violets, turning them more gray. It would turn greens more chartreuse-y, or more olive, depending on the yellow they use.
-Pink will do the same thing as red, just lighter.
-Olive, is basically green muddied with orange. I'm not sure what it would do to a scarf other than mute everything in the scarf, and make the whole thing more earth-toned. Maybe to turn a Summer scarf into an Autumn scarf--that kind of thing.
So there would be no need for blue. Don't worry, I imagine they will have people to help with lots of knowledge of their dyes and how they work. Just like paint, I'm guessing some pigments are more staining, and some are more fugitive. I know nothing about dying fabric, but it probably also matters a lot how the base colors themselves resist the new dye, to know what the final outcome would be. But in general, basic color theory will still apply.
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Gosh, I can't wait to see some of the scarves! It sounds like great fun.
Pegase mentioned red twice ad I think one of those reds should have been blue. Don't quote me; it's a guess! But based on before and after photos I've seen, blue is an option.
Prepster, your info is hugely valuable. I have been playing with color wheels and came to the same basic conclusion about the primary colors. If you mix red, yellow, and blue paints, you get mud. So a red/yellow (i.e., orange) added to blue will be mud; a blue/yellow (i.e., green) added to red will be mud, etc. Colors adjacent on the wheel are more likely to turn out well when combined.
I have to pick out two or three scarves and figure what the best color wash will be for each!
It will require the use of my brain. Pray for me.
ETA: I really hope there is blue--I have an intense, billiard-table green bordered 140 that is lovely but not me. Turning it teal with a blue wash would be awesome!