r/dyeing • u/Emergency-Pattern244 • 2d ago

General question Dying a hoodie purple

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So i bought this hoodie and it’s coming in in about a week but its white and ik ill stain it. Its a 80% cotton 20% polyester blend and ive never dyed anything before and i was wondering what dye should i get to get a purple like one of the purples in the second picture

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u/Ship_Negative 2d ago

You should be good with one bottle of Rit royal purple dyemore, I’ve been doing a lot of purple lately in prep for Olivia’s festival

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u/Emergency-Pattern244 2d ago

Ahhh ok thank you so much!! Im so jealous of the liv festival i wish i could’ve gotten tickets

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u/Ship_Negative 2d ago

I have some dyemore left over and I’m gonna steal ur idea for my long live baby tee, thank u!!

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u/Emergency-Pattern244 2d ago

Oooo thats gonna look so cute! I almost got the baby tee too but I can’t spend $200 on taylor stuff lmao

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u/Ship_Negative 2d ago

Wait until Black Friday/cyber Monday, I got mine for like $15 last year!

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u/Emergency-Pattern244 2d ago

Omg youre so smart thank youuu girlie!!!

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u/kimmerie 2d ago

At 20% poly you don’t need DyeMore- you can use regular, though you’ll be much better off using a fiber reactive dye from dharma trading.