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Shadecard demo reading for a navy swatch: fused Lab, shot agreement, nearest shade Navy and a yellow-red-blue ratio bar at 3% owf
Textile & colour Shadecard

What is trichromatic dyeing? Yellow, red and blue explained

Trichromatic dyeing builds a shade from three compatible dyes – a yellow, a red and a blue. The ratio sets the hue, the total depth (% owf) sets how dark, and a lab dip confirms.

5 min read
Shadecard recipe calculator with the Weigh, Stock and Pad method chips, fabric weight, dye depth, water ratio and the Y:R:B ratio fields
Guides Shadecard

How to make and use a dye stock solution for lab dips

A 1% w/v stock is 1 g of dye made up to 100 mL. To dose a recipe, pipette mL = grams of dye × 100 ÷ stock %. Use a 0.1% stock for pale components so the volumes stay measurable.

5 min read
Getting started Shadecard

Shadecard explained: what it does and who it is for

Shadecard measures a fabric's colour with a phone camera, matches it to a library of 13,297 shades and gives a yellow:red:blue starting recipe to confirm with a lab dip.

3 min read
Recipes & the dyeing calculator Shadecard

Understanding the trichromatic recipe (Y:R:B and % owf)

A Shadecard recipe has two dials: the Y:R:B ratio sets the hue, the % owf sets how deep. Choose the fibre on the result to see the dye class; confirm everything with a lab dip.

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