Jacquard Acid Dye Starter Set

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.

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 would have been great if it actually came with Hot Fucshia, but it came with Fire Red instead. Im not returning it because its such a hassle and who knows if Ill get the right color the next time anyway, Im just ordering a jar of the right color. But beware, if you want fucshia, this may not be the right set for you.

Not sure if the individual containers should have been sealed, but none of mine were. They opened very easily with NO seals. Containers were less than half filled and black had the least amount of powder.

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.

I almost gave it 3 stars because the colors seem to break and at times, especially when mixing. I cant seem to get good coverage on all batches. However, I gave it a 4 because I need to dye more wool and do a few things differently next time to see if it was user error to be fair. I didnt give 5 stars because there are no instructions included with the set and you have to go online to get them. They also arent the greatest of instructions. On a good note, the colors when they strike properly are as they should be. If I were starting out dying, I wouldnt be afraid to purchase this set.

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.

The dye arrived without the citric acid which is specifically why I chose this listing.

Great Purchase