Jacquard Acid Dye Starter Set

I thought these were the primary colors. Theyre not. But theyre GORGEOUS! IVE DYED MY HEART OUT!

I have made a color gradiation of 66 hues from yellow thru blue to red using GreenerShades dye with silk. I tried to repeat in wool with this Jacquard kit. I was skeptical since the blue color name was turquoise, but Jacquard lists it on its website as a primary. Knowing that dyes dont necessarily color true, I took a chance. The 11 shades of yellow through blue made a gorgeous array of greens and turquoise. I should have known that turquoise had enough yellow in it that, when mixed dropwise with red, would make a lovely array of browns. I now have a beautiful afghan in those well-known rainbow colors of red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise and brown.

Terrific value here at Amazon, with a mordant thrown in! Remember that acid dyes can be used with the mordant provided, or with simple household white vinegar. The acid is not in the dye, its all about the mordants. A nice set if youre jumping into dyeing and dont want to invest too much at the start. Remember that your primary colors will be enough to get secondary colors, but to get shades (black or grey added to the hue) or tints (adding white to the hue) you need to expand your dye supply to include those blending colors.

This is a great kit. Citric acid is highly preferable to vinegar in my opinion. Unless you like your kitchen smelling like salad! I needed black dye to make olive drab. I’m glad that I got the set though. Not only did it arrive in time, which is what mattered, the other primaries gave me a finished product far better than had I gone with either just “olive” jacquard dye or even adding the black. Adding a touch of yellow and blue can make all the difference.

These are beautiful, vibrant colors! I mixed the dyes to achieve the hues I wanted. They are easy to use and inexpensive. I definitely will be buying again.

Weve been having a lot of fun using these on yarn. We really like the resulting strong colors.

cant wait to do it

3 stars for this particular pack of dyes (the dyes themselves are excellent) I suppose the seller can get around this issue by the fact that they dont list the specific jar colors in the description, but as other customers have noted, the Hot Fuchsia which is shown in the product images is not what you get - you receive Fire Red which does not produce the same colors as shown on the included color wheel. If you will receive either/or, that should be clearly disclosed.

Easy to use and a good starter kit. I ended up receiving hot fuchsia and would have kept looking at other kits if I knew I would be getting fuchsia instead of the red pictured.

These dyes to a great job with beautiful colors