if you double-click a dye it will add it to the list of colours you can use. you can look at the colours you have and change the colour of armour by looking in the hero panel. the icon is next to town clothes (I think, well its up there somewhere), then you just pick a colour from the left (where your colours are) and put it in one (or all if you prefer) of the squares in the right side.
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dyes drop from foes as an unidentified dye, after double clicking it you get a random dye colour. Then you can choose to double click it again to use it on that character or give it to another character on your account (through the bank) or sell it. When selling keep in mind that unidentified dyes are worth a lot more than most regular dyes (but you won’t know what you are selling and if you can use it yourself).
Every character starts with a cetrain basic amount of dyes, wich is expanded with the unlocked ones (like described above). To use them press ‘H’ and then press the small pipette (in most graphic programs called colour picker). next to your armour pieces you see some blocks with the current colours, in the colom to the left you see all coulours you have unlocked. your mouse turned into the pipette. Click in the left colom the colour you want, then apply it to the armour piece you want. check the result in the preview part of the window. You can use and reuse all unlocked colours, so don’t worry to experiement till you find the combination you like.
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Yep, agreeing with others above, what you want is the little icon that looks like an eye dropper – if you go to the ‘hero’ panel, it’s on the left, above where the icons for your currently equipped gear are. That switches you to ‘dye mode’, and any dye colours that character has unlocked you can use as many times as you like, any time, forever.
