Guild Wars 2

Bought abyss dye. Appearently, even if you dye your whole armor abyss, there are parts that become dark red / gray. Even tho they shouldn’t become dark red or gray.

I’ve also noticed Legguards of the noble get theese weird red lines on some places of the armor.

Look at the screenshots, the upper body and head is as it should be. The legguards of the noble and nightmare boots are not -_-

I also changed settings to maximum to see if it looks different on best appeareance gfx settings

and heres how silver dye looks, when I had silver on my whole armor was silver as it shud be, but the nightmare boots were ALLWAYS white GRAY and standing out instead of silver and melting with the rest of the armor

mind you that I allways dye my whole armor the same color, yet it doesnt look like it’s the same color…

oh and I wouldve posted all screenshots in one POST, but i couldnt because one post only allows ONE SINGLE ATTACHMENT

and if i wanted to preview how the dye looks when i dye my whole armor with it, then I would have to buy 4 of them….because you cant peview a full armor preview with only 1 single abyss die, you need 4….

Shpongle.6025:

and if i wanted to preview how the dye looks when i dye my whole armor with it, then I would have to buy 4 of them….because you cant peview a full armor preview with only 1 single abyss die, you need 4….

Have you tried dragging the dye into the other colour preview slots?

Shpongle.6025:

and if i wanted to preview how the dye looks when i dye my whole armor with it, then I would have to buy 4 of them….because you cant peview a full armor preview with only 1 single abyss die, you need 4….

If you keep selecting preview it will apply the dye to the different dye channels of your armor.

Shpongle.6025:

and if i wanted to preview how the dye looks when i dye my whole armor with it, then I would have to buy 4 of them….because you cant peview a full armor preview with only 1 single abyss die, you need 4….

You can preview full armor with all four of dye slots of abyss dye, without having any of the items (both armor and dye).

For me, it looks like red or green because of surrounding light which is reflected in shiny surface (and by making background of surface black, you make sth like mirror). The only solution would be using less “black” or changing to items with flat surface.

I’ve noticed this as well. I have the AC exotic chest (medium) as well as the Anonymity Hood and they both dye a darker shade than majority of the other medium armor pieces. IF you wearing full Nightmare, I am almost positive it would dye the same all the way through, as opposed to the varying shades per armor piece.

pmaitre.2980:

IF you wearing full Nightmare, I am almost positive it would dye the same all the way through, as opposed to the varying shades per armor piece.

Actually, Nightmare is kind of a special case. Most Sylvari-based armors have a gradient of colors. A ton of greens show up as green tinged with brown or red, and vice-versa. It’s supposed to look organic and plant-like. If you want spiky and metal and intimidating, use something else.

But yeah, for the most part, different armor sets just dye darker and lighter than others. Either use a full set or use black instead of abyss on some pices to get a uniform color.

Are all the dye channels of the same shade? That’s the thing you need to consider also when dying armor. A lot of the armor that has 2 or more dye channels they can be of varying “shades”. To find out use the dye remover and then you can see all the different “shades” that the armor will dye. You also need to take into account the type of dye you are using. Some dyes are meant to go on metals and others on leather. You are going to get changes to how the dye looks based on if its vibrant, natural leather, or natural metallic.

Sometimes, you will need to use multiple shades of a color to have a “match” between two different armor pieces. I have to use three or four different purples to get my Elementalist’s armor mix to make it look like it’s all the same color. Unfortunately, that’s much more difficult when you’re going for the true black. There are two things you can try:

1) In your dye menu, sort your colors by material. Look at the armor piece and try to determine which material each dye slot is for, and then use the darkest black you have for that material. It may help with matching the colors.

2) Try using an accent color on your armor, even if it’s just a slightly lighter grey. I know it’s not what you’re going for, but using an accent color will draw your eye away from the slight color differences among your armor pieces if you can’t get them to match precisely.

3) I’m not sure where the red accents on the pants are coming from, but you could always play to your armor’s quirks and try using Midnight Fire Dye, which might camouflage the issue.

The grunge black effect on your current armor set doesn’t look bad at all.

So, what’s the question? This is players helping players. Are you asking if this is normal? are you saying this is a bug?

Rouven.7409:

Shpongle.6025:

and if i wanted to preview how the dye looks when i dye my whole armor with it, then I would have to buy 4 of them….because you cant peview a full armor preview with only 1 single abyss die, you need 4….

Have you tried dragging the dye into the other colour preview slots?

yes i have but it only previes a part of selected armor, for example, regardless where i drag it in, it does not preview the whole boot as abyss, only 1 out of the 3 panels of the boot, it works with the shoulders tho, because the shoulder only have 1 single color panel

girlvsmmo.4631:

Shpongle.6025:

and if i wanted to preview how the dye looks when i dye my whole armor with it, then I would have to buy 4 of them….because you cant peview a full armor preview with only 1 single abyss die, you need 4….

If you keep selecting preview it will apply the dye to the different dye channels of your armor.

yeah but it doesnt color it whole, as in everything for this one color

Urthona.3198:

pmaitre.2980:

IF you wearing full Nightmare, I am almost positive it would dye the same all the way through, as opposed to the varying shades per armor piece.

Actually, Nightmare is kind of a special case. Most Sylvari-based armors have a gradient of colors. A ton of greens show up as green tinged with brown or red, and vice-versa. It’s supposed to look organic and plant-like. If you want spiky and metal and intimidating, use something else.

But yeah, for the most part, different armor sets just dye darker and lighter than others. Either use a full set or use black instead of abyss on some pices to get a uniform color.

yea i’ve noticed if make the spikes on nightmare pink, and my shoulders pink, the spikes look like a COMPLETLY different color, totally brighter and more alive, while the shoulders look like a totally different color even tho both are the same color

Ethics.4519:

So, what’s the question? This is players helping players. Are you asking if this is normal? are you saying this is a bug?

my question was answered, thank you for help

Vick.6805:

Sometimes, you will need to use multiple shades of a color to have a “match” between two different armor pieces. I have to use three or four different purples to get my Elementalist’s armor mix to make it look like it’s all the same color. Unfortunately, that’s much more difficult when you’re going for the true black. There are two things you can try:

1) In your dye menu, sort your colors by material. Look at the armor piece and try to determine which material each dye slot is for, and then use the darkest black you have for that material. It may help with matching the colors.

2) Try using an accent color on your armor, even if it’s just a slightly lighter grey. I know it’s not what you’re going for, but using an accent color will draw your eye away from the slight color differences among your armor pieces if you can’t get them to match precisely.

3) I’m not sure where the red accents on the pants are coming from, but you could always play to your armor’s quirks and try using Midnight Fire Dye, which might camouflage the issue.

The grunge black effect on your current armor set doesn’t look bad at all.

i will try all 3 thank you

And just to answer another question the OP never actually asked but did infer, it is possible to add multiple shots to one post using the ‘More posting & formatting options…’ button underneath the comment box. After adding one picture just click the same button to add another.

flames of cof armor can not be dyeed
on some parts dye look different then other it depend if it is metal cloth or chain

Just checked the TP price for this dye. 19g 80s. Thats a lot of money for a slightly darker black!