Getting black color

[babyrn]

Using IGI 4794 making votives and trying to color them black using liquid dye. No matter how much black I use, it is still blue. Any hints you can recommend?

[Scented]

Add some brown to it. How many drops of black have you put in?

[SatinDucky]

You can counter act the blue tint with a tad if red and yellow. Using a toothpick is best if you're working with small amounts.

[babyrn]

Add some brown to it. How many drops of black have you put in?[/quote

First I added about 7, then doubled it, then doubled it again, so after about 30 drops it was still a midnight blue.

[Scented]

I'd go with some brown and green and red in there. It shouldn't take close to 30 drops to make black in that wax lol! Black is combo of every color, so you could toss in just about anything, but I wouldn't put blue in it.

[SatinDucky]

That's why I mentioned red and yellow. Equal amounts of red, blue and yellow (primary colors) equal black.

[topofmurrayhill]

Using IGI 4794 making votives and trying to color them black using liquid dye. No matter how much black I use, it is still blue. Any hints you can recommend?

You don't mention how many pounds of wax you're coloring. Try 20 drops per pound. If that turns out midnight blue it is because you are using blue dye.

[babyrn]

You don't mention how many pounds of wax you're coloring. Try 20 drops per pound. If that turns out midnight blue it is because you are using blue dye.

I'm using 1# of wax. I'm thinking it may just be that I got a bad bottle of dye, it does look like blue in the bottle, but it's way darker than my other bottle of blue dye.

[topofmurrayhill]

I'm using 1# of wax. I'm thinking it may just be that I got a bad bottle of dye, it does look like blue in the bottle, but it's way darker than my other bottle of blue dye.

Yes I think you got bad dye or (if they sell a lot of pre-mixed colors) the wrong dye.