Guild Wars 2

Hi I was wondering what the best black/white armor dyes are. I’m okay with crafting or buying but would rather pick up as a drop. thanks.

Blacks can vary depending on the material of the armor. Use the chat links from GW2DB to preview them if you want to save yourself some trouble. I’ve found Midnight Fire to be a nice black for some light armors.

For whites, it’s a bit simpler. For a radiant white go Celestial, for a regular (slightly dull) white, go with White.

Note these are opinions on color. Your best bet is to just see them for yourself through the preview window. If you’re going for a specific dye, 99% of the time you’re better off buying it off the TP because it’ll be straight-up cheaper, or just involve much less of a gambling risk.

You can also preview the dyes off of the trading post now. It really depends on the individual item as to what the colors look like on them… as well where you put the dye. The main body of your character might look one way, but the trim parts may well look another.

Test out heirloom dye to see what I mean… it can look dark red→gold→black depending on what/where it’s placed.

Aberrant.6749:

You can also preview the dyes off of the trading post now.

Stupid me forgot about that update. Yes, just use the TP to preview. It’s a million times easier :P

*hides away in a corner*

Thanks everybody very helpfull, celestial dye is really cool, saving up for it

For neutral black, the best is abyss and then black dye.
All the midnight dyes have a colour tint, some more than others, and this tint appears to greater or lesser extent depending on the material you apply it on, lighting conditions, and your graphics settings. You really need to experiment in order to see if the effect from any midnight dye is what you want. I have many of these dyes, all from drops so quite familiar with them

I am less experienced with the white dyes because not many of these have dropped for me. I have Silver on one toon, and that is my lightest shade of dye, and seems to work well for anything I want ‘white’. I find some of the common dyes, like Fog, can work quite as well as ‘white’, particularly on cloth (light armour).

Last evening Celestial dropped for me for the first time since game launch. I am more inclined to sell it, as I am not a big fan of glowing white, and do not use that much light dye anyway.