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Posted by: AnnoyingOrange.1750

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I wonder HOW there are no either pure white or pure black colors for armor dyes in the game? Any intention to do this or you just forgot about it?!

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Posted by: nerva.7940

nerva.7940

Pretty sure there are they’re just super rare. Or u have to make them in forge

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Posted by: Greyfeld.7104

Greyfeld.7104

They’re in the game, they’re just not available during character creation.

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Posted by: Khaler.2736

Khaler.2736

I wonder HOW there are no either pure white or pure black colors for armor dyes in the game? Any intention to do this or you just forgot about it?!

Keep looking, they’re out there. Drops only as far as I know but a couple of guildmates have the Black dye already.

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Posted by: Eochaidh.4106

Eochaidh.4106

Uh, there ARE. You just haven’t found them.

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Posted by: GlockworK.2954

GlockworK.2954

The cooler the color the more rare it’s going to be.

You ever play GW1? You should have seen prices for black and white dyes.

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Posted by: thuras.4537

thuras.4537

indeed, play the game and I’m sure you’ll find the dyes you’re looking for. Although pink and mint green are way cooler :-p

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Posted by: TransparentlyOpaque.1824

TransparentlyOpaque.1824

I keep getting orange drops…

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Posted by: exphryl.3857

exphryl.3857

The black dye doesn’t look “pure black” to me on either of my characters. (one uses Heavy, the other uses Medium armor).

Might be what OP is referencing.

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Posted by: fizzypop.6458

fizzypop.6458

They are in the game…I got white dye and it is definitely pure white.

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Posted by: Bathos.6341

Bathos.6341

I’ve seen someone selling a white dye. the price they were asking was stupid though so didn’t buy.

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Posted by: FireRunner.9481

FireRunner.9481

There is black dye. Look at the Trade Post. On Fort Aspenwood there are at least a dozen or so on sale.

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Posted by: Mungrul.9358

Mungrul.9358

On initial character creation, male human characters have their town clothes dyed with “Abyss”, which is probably what you’re looking for.

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Posted by: Leiloni.7951

Leiloni.7951

I have a dye on my Ele called “Black Dye” and a dye on my Necro called “White Dye”. And they do actually look pure black and pure white, at least on cloth armor. So yes they do exist and yes the colors do look as you’d expect them to. They’re just rare dyes.

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Posted by: Vox.6195

Vox.6195

I’m pretty sure the “Abyss” dye is black – should be available on TP.

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Posted by: Soluss.3157

Soluss.3157

There is, I got one yesterday. Yes, it is black.

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Posted by: Typh.8027

Typh.8027

I forgot the name of which the one I have is, It’s A black and yes, it’s a rare. I can’t remember it’s name though.

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Posted by: Soluss.3157

Soluss.3157

Mine was called “Black dye” it was a rare

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Posted by: Eochaidh.4106

Eochaidh.4106

The black dye doesn’t look “pure black” to me on either of my characters. (one uses Heavy, the other uses Medium armor).

Might be what OP is referencing.

Abyss is darker than black.

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Posted by: Cytheria.2867

Cytheria.2867

i thought the only dye colour was “Wasabi”… I mean seriously, I’ve had it so often I’ve run out of alts and have started giving it to guildmates..

Seriously tho, as others have confirmed, blacks definitely in the game, as the crazy prices on the TP for it were the source of much discussion last night…

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Posted by: Debsylvania.7396

Debsylvania.7396

True black, white and red are crazy expensive dye colors in other games as well. The market is genuinely demand driven.

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Posted by: Regina Buenaobra

Regina Buenaobra

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There are several shades of black and white dye in the game, including “pure” black and “pure” white.

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Posted by: Brick Mantooth.9520

Brick Mantooth.9520

I believe Abyss is the blackest black, I think Celestial is the whitest white. There may be another that’s whiter than Celestial but I’m not sure how, it looks pure white. I have both, been waiting for the market to realize that they actually exist before I sell them. They were both worth a fortune in GW1.

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Posted by: Wasselin.1235

Wasselin.1235

Yeah I’m surprised by how cheap celestial dye is. I bought it for only 2 gold on the trading post. I’m sure it’s worth a lot more than that.

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Posted by: Eochaidh.4106

Eochaidh.4106

I believe Abyss is the blackest black, I think Celestial is the whitest white. There may be another that’s whiter than Celestial but I’m not sure how, it looks pure white. I have both, been waiting for the market to realize that they actually exist before I sell them. They were both worth a fortune in GW1.

Well, abyss is worth quite a fortune. Not sure about the white dyes though.

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Posted by: PawPrince.5719

PawPrince.5719

Exactly! If you just mouse over the little color swatch samples on that page you can clearly see that there is No Black Dye, just a slightly darker shade of gray. The color code would display as 000000 if it was actually black.

It’s really sad that even Abyss Dye isn’t Black, but it’s closer. So many of the colors have names that seemingly have no connection to the color you see when you preview them. I don’t know how there were so many mistakes with the color system, but you can’t even make a Human character without seeing tons of errors with the colors, specifically in the hair colors. Light Pink is gray, White is a dark yellow.. and that’s jut for starters. lol

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Posted by: PawPrince.5719

PawPrince.5719

There are several shades of black and white dye in the game, including “pure” black and “pure” white.

Can you give us some hint as to what they are called, as no “Pure Black” or “Pure White” dyes seem to exist on the Trading Post.. and I’m pretty sure I have scrolled through pages upon pages of all the Dyes many times. Thanks.

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Posted by: Eochaidh.4106

Eochaidh.4106

Exactly! If you just mouse over the little color swatch samples on that page you can clearly see that there is No Black Dye, just a slightly darker shade of gray. The color code would display as 000000 if it was actually black.

It’s really sad that even Abyss Dye isn’t Black, but it’s closer. So many of the colors have names that seemingly have no connection to the color you see when you preview them. I don’t know how there were so many mistakes with the color system, but you can’t even make a Human character without seeing tons of errors with the colors, specifically in the hair colors. Light Pink is gray, White is a dark yellow.. and that’s jut for starters. lol

You do realize that #000000 would just be plain ugly and not verisimilar at all?

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Posted by: PawPrince.5719

PawPrince.5719

You do realize that #000000 would just be plain ugly and not verisimilar at all?

Yes, but anything else isn’t really Black. If you want black, it should be black, but I’d personally rather see some actual Dark shades of gray made available, as even the darkest ones available are really quite light. Take a screenshot of a dye, such as Graphite or Pitch, which have a nice gray color, then go in and play with the brightness and contrast and you can clearly see that much darker colors could be made available and still look really nice.

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Posted by: Thadren Calder.1397

Thadren Calder.1397

The darkness will also be affected by the material you color, for example if i use abyss on metal, or even cloth its the darkest black, but on leather its much lighter. So with leather armor and a cloth hood i used abyss on the leather and had to use iron on the hood to match the shades.

When i say metal cloth leather i mean the appearance not the armor type.

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Posted by: Brick Mantooth.9520

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My wife got this off of reddit. I guess this is the difference between abyss and “black”.

http://i.imgur.com/1hem7.jpg

credit to Tartlet

(edited by Brick Mantooth.9520)

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Posted by: Lasarith.6193

Lasarith.6193

I wonder HOW there are no either pure white or pure black colors for armor dyes in the game? Any intention to do this or you just forgot about it?!

Thier is black dye – its a rare item and on my server it’s up on the market for 25 Gold!!!

though i would never pay that amount for it, beside i only have 1.40 gold.

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Posted by: Gopher.4562

Gopher.4562

abyss is a solid/true black dye

there is also a white

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Posted by: Eochaidh.4106

Eochaidh.4106

You do realize that #000000 would just be plain ugly and not verisimilar at all?

Yes, but anything else isn’t really Black. If you want black, it should be black, but I’d personally rather see some actual Dark shades of gray made available, as even the darkest ones available are really quite light. Take a screenshot of a dye, such as Graphite or Pitch, which have a nice gray color, then go in and play with the brightness and contrast and you can clearly see that much darker colors could be made available and still look really nice.

I beg to differ, there is a lot of “black” in the game. “Black” is not a single shade, but a whole spectrum of them, until the threshold in which there is a clear uncertainty on whether to call the color “black” or “gray” or anything else. It is no different than other colors.

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Posted by: Eochaidh.4106

Eochaidh.4106

My wife got this off of reddit. I guess this is the difference between abyss and “black”.

http://i.imgur.com/1hem7.jpg

credit to Tartlet

I really can’t believe that people are whining about that not being “black enough”.

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Posted by: Rhoame.6917

Rhoame.6917

Well isn’t the standard set color “ebony” black?

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Posted by: Arshay Duskbrow.1306

Arshay Duskbrow.1306

My wife got this off of reddit. I guess this is the difference between abyss and “black”.

http://i.imgur.com/1hem7.jpg

credit to Tartlet

That’s a very helpful chart. I’d like to see one for the white dyes as well.

Incidentally, let me give out some helpful advice: The “Mithril” dye appears white on a lot of inherently lighter textures, and is VASTLY cheaper than “White”, let alone “Celestial” at the moment.

It’s not brilliant, snowy white, but good enough in most kinds of lighting. It’s a decent, affordable stop-gap solution until you’re willing to shell out for one of the others. Here’s some screens. Can you tell?

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/6461/mithrildye.jpg

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Posted by: Frosty and Frosty Law Firm.4981

Frosty and Frosty Law Firm.4981

I wonder HOW there are no either pure white or pure black colors for armor dyes in the game? Any intention to do this or you just forgot about it?!

:/

I am wearing white dye on my Ranger.

‘Pure’ white. ‘White’ dye.

Please, check your facts.

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Posted by: TeamRaveGreen.6917

TeamRaveGreen.6917

This is kind of on topic – does anyone know if the dye packs you can buy have a chance to contain ANY dye?

Like maybe the chances of the super rare dyes are just much lower?

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Posted by: Arshay Duskbrow.1306

Arshay Duskbrow.1306

This is kind of on topic – does anyone know if the dye packs you can buy have a chance to contain ANY dye?

Like maybe the chances of the super rare dyes are just much lower?

Um, it says on the dye packs. You get 5 dyes from the Common set, and 2 from Uncommon or Rare. So yes, you could potentially get any dye.

Really though, it’s far more cost-efficient to just buy the specific dye you want from the Trading Post.

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Posted by: Eochaidh.4106

Eochaidh.4106

This is kind of on topic – does anyone know if the dye packs you can buy have a chance to contain ANY dye?

Like maybe the chances of the super rare dyes are just much lower?

You get two rare or uncommon dyes, and some five common ones. To the game, all “rare” dyes have the same chance as far as I know. It’s just that there are too many of them.

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Posted by: Eochaidh.4106

Eochaidh.4106

My wife got this off of reddit. I guess this is the difference between abyss and “black”.

http://i.imgur.com/1hem7.jpg

credit to Tartlet

That’s a very helpful chart. I’d like to see one for the white dyes as well.

Incidentally, let me give out some helpful advice: The “Mithril” dye appears white on a lot of inherently lighter textures, and is VASTLY cheaper than “White”, let alone “Celestial” at the moment.

It’s not brilliant, snowy white, but good enough in most kinds of lighting. It’s a decent, affordable stop-gap solution until you’re willing to shell out for one of the others. Here’s some screens. Can you tell?

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/6461/mithrildye.jpg

Time to run to get it before the price skyrockets.

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Posted by: TeamRaveGreen.6917

TeamRaveGreen.6917

Thanks for the answer. I’ve only bought one pack and couldn’t remember what it said. (can’t look at the moment either)

The dye/armor system in this game might be my favorite fluff thing in GW2. I’m going to have to get ALL they dyes. I wish they were account wide, lol.

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Posted by: Arshay Duskbrow.1306

Arshay Duskbrow.1306

I wish they were account wide, lol.

I was a great crusader against the per-character system, but honestly, it’s really not that bad. With the Trading Post, all but a few dyes (by which I mean black and white) are very cheap, and Unidentified Dye drops are quite common. Plus, once you’ve figured out what your favorites are, how many more do you need? You’ll really only ever use a few of them, after all.

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Posted by: Pink Porcupine.5461

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I really want 50 shades of grey.

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Posted by: Signet of Forums.4397

Signet of Forums.4397

There is black dye. Look at the Trade Post. On Fort Aspenwood there are at least a dozen or so on sale.

Just FYI, the trading post is across all servers. I have personally verified this while server transfers are free.

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Posted by: PPson.7042

PPson.7042

I have abyss, which is darker than black, as well as black. I don’t have white, but I have several things that will pass for white in most lighting.

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