how to dye armor?

[n01t6t2q00l]

i've found something on the internet that says we can dye certain armor pieces by equipping them on an NPC that is wearing colored version of it
i tried it but doesn't work
it is an "armoured rags" and i wanted to dye it reddish with the red sabre NPC
i even sold it and bought it back for4x price as the description said but it seems like it does not work anymore

[Triple G]

It´s limited to certain armor pieces. At best look at the wiki, while i´m unsure if they list them all.

It needs to have neutral colors to work. If it is already colored You can use a vendor, sell it, and buy it back, to get rid of the color - or craft a new piece.

And "armored rags" have a special tag behind them. (colored) or something. A few pieces have 2 variants. One which can be colored, and one not. Like the mercenary plate can always be colored, but armored rags and skirts not - You need the correct variant.

[Bomb Bloke]

Originally posted by Triple G:

It needs to have neutral colors to work. If it is already colored You can use a vendor, sell it, and buy it back, to get rid of the color - or craft a new piece.

Important to add that you need to close the trading window after selling an item in order for the colour to actually be removed. If you simply buy it back immediately, it'll retain its hue.

[n01t6t2q00l]

Originally posted by Triple G:

It´s limited to certain armor pieces. At best look at the wiki, while i´m unsure if they list them all.

It needs to have neutral colors to work. If it is already colored You can use a vendor, sell it, and buy it back, to get rid of the color - or craft a new piece.

And "armored rags" have a special tag behind them. (colored) or something. A few pieces have 2 variants. One which can be colored, and one not. Like the mercenary plate can always be colored, but armored rags and skirts not - You need the correct variant.

oh yes now i remember,
i saw a blueprint that said armoured rags(colored) but i forgot where i can buy it
but that must be the key
thank you again
now i only have to find the blueprint

[n01t6t2q00l]

Originally posted by Bomb Bloke:

Originally posted by Triple G:

It needs to have neutral colors to work. If it is already colored You can use a vendor, sell it, and buy it back, to get rid of the color - or craft a new piece.

Important to add that you need to close the trading window after selling an item in order for the colour to actually be removed. If you simply buy it back immediately, it'll retain its hue.

yes i did it so but now i know that i tried the wrong type of armor
thank you again ++

[westrud]

Also to note is that when you recruit a character that dyes clothes, like Agnu, they will no longer dye clothes after you reload the game. I don't think this applies to prisoners.

[Shidan]

Originally posted by westrud:

Also to note is that when you recruit a character that dyes clothes, like Agnu, they will no longer dye clothes after you reload the game. I don't think this applies to prisoners.

They do actually still work after a reload, but only if the colour was assigned to the character and not their faction.

Agnu for instance is assigned the colour from their character entry, and should continue to dye clothes even after being hired and reloading.

Griffin though, while he does dye clothes normally, will lose this ability after a reload and his faction data is updated, as it was only assigned through his faction and not by character.

The wiki has a list of all colours and which factions/characters they are assigned to.
https://kenshi.fandom.com/wiki/Colour_Scheme