Dye

Dye

Dye extracted from a tinctoria plant. It can be transformed into various colors to dye apparel.

Base Stats

Type

Resources – Plant matter

Market Value

2.65 

Stack Limit

75

Mass

0.3 kg

HP

50

Deterioration Rate

1

Flammability

0%

Technical

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Dye

Dye comes from the tinctoria plant. It can be used to to paint walls and other buildings or dye apparel and hair at the styling station

Acquisition

Dye is obtained by harvesting tinctoria plant. Each fully grown plant yields 1 before modifiers for Storyteller Harvest Yield and the harvesting pawn's Plant Harvest Yield. Note that by default, Storyteller Harvest Yield varies by difficulty.

Summary

Color selection

The below table attempts to catalog all the colors available. However, note that a different selection of colors is available for paint/hair/apparel, that each selection is ordered very differently, and that only the colors available as paint are named in-game.

Color	Color name	Available as			Color code [ExpandCollapse]
		Paint	Hair	Apparel
	Red				(118,49,57) #763139
	Subtle red				(132,84,72) #845448
	Auburn				(138,51,36) #8a3324
	Scarlet				(163,41,42) #a3292a
	Burgundy				(91,41,45) #5b292d
	Plum				(90,38,60) #5a263c
	Dark mauve				(131,78,101) #834e65
	Magenta				(119,50,80) #773250
	Subtle magenta				(101,67,82) #654352
	Purple				(99,50,119) #633277
	Subtle purple				(90,72,97) #5a4861
	Muted purple				(116,78,131) #744e83
	Deep purple				(75,38,90) #4b265a
	Grape				(108,52,97) #6c3461
	Indigo				(128,73,125) #7d497d
	Light indigo				(144,86,139) #90568b
	Blue				(24,65,121) #184179
	Subtle blue				(67,81,101) #435165
	Ice blue				(140,148,174) #8c94ae
	Marine				(38,59,90) #263b5a
	Sky blue				(95,133,191) #5f85bf
	Dusk				(78,100,131) #4e6483
	Moss				(38,89,90) #26595a
	Bright moss				(78,130,131) #4e8283
	Teal				(50,118,119) #327677
	Green				(89,105,62) #59693e
	Sage				(74,110,80) #4a6e50
	Faded green				(86,93,76) #565d4c
	Forest green				(78,131,105) #4e8369
	Pine green				(38,90,64) #265a40
	Swamp green				(112,131,78) #70834e
	Muddy green				(96,97,72) #606148
	Marsh green				(130,131,78) #82834e
	Viridian				(50,119,84) #327754
	Subtle viridian				(74,94,84) #4a5e54
	Olive				(118,119,50) #767732
	Dark olive				(69,88,36) #455824
	Mustard				(163,131,49) #a38331
	Pale lime				(166,166,90) #a6a65a
	Faded brown				(86,76,57) #564c39
	Subtle brown				(101,88,67) #655843
	Light brown				(131,110,78) #836e4e
	Dark brown				(90,69,38) #5a4526
	Dirt brown				(119,91,50) #775b32
	Burnt umber				(90,58,32) #5a3a20
	Wood brown				(108,78,55) #6c4e37
	Orange				(167,96,39) #a76027
	Pastel red				(201,112,112) #c97070
	Pastel pink				(241,192,218) #f1c0da
	Pastel blue				(126.164,204) #7ea4cc
	Pastel green				(161,213,180) #a1d5b4
	Pastel yellow				(204,204,100) #cccc64
	Pastel orange				(191,137,33) #bf8921
	White				(184,184,184) #b8b8b8
	Cream				(195,192,176) #c3c0b0
	Light gray				(166,166,166) #a6a6a6
	Limestone				(158,153,135) #9e9987
	Marble				(132,135,132) #848784
	Sandstone				(126,104,94) #7e685e
	Granite				(105,95,97) #695f61
	Dark gray				(81,81,81) #515151
	Slate				(70,70,70) #464646
	Black				(60,60,60) #3c3c3c
					(26,26,26) #1a1a1a
					(51,51,51) #333333
					(245,245,245) #f5f5f5
					(191,86,86) #bf5656
					(191,86,86) #ff7373
					(79,71,66) #4f4742
					(77,51,26) #4d331a
					(237,202,156) #edca93
					(148,115,67) #947343
					(191,149,86) #bf9556
					(255,199,115) #ffc773
					(132,148,67) #849443
					(227,255,115) #e3ff73
					(83,148,67) #539443
					(107,191,86) #6bbf56
					(143,255,115) #8fff73
					(86,191,128) #56bf80
					(115,255,171) #73ffab
					(67,148,148) #439494
					(86,191,191) #56bfbf
					(115,255,255) #73ffff
					(115,171,255) #73abff
					(83,67,148) #534394
					(107,86,191) #6b56bf
					(143,115,255) #8f73ff
					(132,67,148) #844394
					(170,86,191) #aa56bf
					(227,115,255) #e373ff
					(148,67,115) #944373
					(191,86,149) #bf5695
					(255,115,99) #ff73c7
					(128,128,128) #808080
					(192,192,192) #c0c0c0
					(148,74,74) #944a4a
					(148,67,67) #944343
					(132,83,47) #84532f
					(170,191,86) #aabf56
					(67,148,99) #439463
					(61,129,131) #3d8183
					(67,99,148) #436394
					(86,128,191) #5680bf

Analysis

Even a small field of tinctoria will rapidly provide an excess of dye for dyeing. Clothes aren't dyed often, and hair even less, so there is little need to stockpile more than a stack or two for any purposes other than painting a large section of a base. Stockpiles of dye should generally be kept next to the styling station to minimize walking time.

Use of dye generally is of questionable mechanical utility, providing at most +2 mood. However, it can be helpful to make specific pawns or locations immediately identifiable by the player without having to make suboptimal material choices for apparel or buildings, and creative players can of course make good use of its aesthetic properties.

Version history

• Ideology DLC release - Added
• 1.3.3067 - Now used for dying hair
• 1.3.3080 - Dye now deteriorates.
• 1.4.3523 - Moved from Ideology DLC to Core. Now used in the new painting system: Paint walls, floors, and some furniture and buildings with dye harvested from the tinctoria crop.
• Unknown (some 1.4 between 3523 and 3704)- Dye market value changed from 0 to 2.65