Wednesday 18 May 2011

Colour palette & more dye swatches

My colour palette came from the natural colours of a fluorite crystal which reflects its delicate colourations of amethyst purple/burgundy, cool beiges and pale emerald greens. The dye was so vibrant that as little as less than 1/4 tsp of dye already gave the intense colours. This time, I played a bit with dipping both ends of the fabric swatches into different dye colours to see how the colours merge in together in the middle. 


Cotton/spandex didn't absorb the dye evenly though the colour was very intense. Silks such as silk satin, silk chiffon and silk organza still gave the best results. So it really depends on the properties of each fabric display different values of the same dye colour.