I have a bright red wedding dress and I would like to turn it purple and was wanting to know what color would I use or if I could even do it at all.
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Red and blue make purple. Snip some swatches. Buy dark blue dye and purple dye. Try both and see which looks better.
I do not know if you are speaking of a red wedding dress or a red dress that you wear to a wedding or a red dress that you wore to a wedding and now wish to change its looks. Why does it matter? For one thing - different fabrics - a real wedding dress may be made up of several different types of fabrics - a dress to wear to a wedding may be something you will need soon - a dress that just needs to be "changed" may not be as important and so it might not be so disastrous if it does not color properly.
use dark blue, if that isn't purple enough use black
As someone that works with these fine fabrics, my advice to you would be to only try this if you are totally ok with the risk of it not turning out. Most of these fabrics, including cheaper online ordered and name brand gowns/dresses are dry clean only, or spot clean only. These will most definitely be ruined in the event of dyeing, because fabric dyes must be mixed with water & lots of them Hot water which is very harmful to these fabrics in the first place... That being said; If it is worth the risk to you, Maybe try a little BLUE dye solution (mixed according to package directions) on an inside seam that wont show on the outside of the dress to do a test run to see what color it turns.
Welk, red and blue make purple, so you could try dying it blue or purple. Just be careful not to later wash it with anything else so the dye won't transfer.
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