Dyeing is a feature introduced in the Season of Radiance which allows players to customize their cosmetics with vibrant colors. From a new type of Dark Plant sprouting in the kingdom, collect different colors of Colored Light to forge into Dyes. Use these to add bold reds, greens, yellows, and more to your look, or mix them for specific hues.
Many of the pre-existing capes, pants, masks, and shoes are dyeable! Play around with the endless color combinations and assemble your personalized look. A list of all currently-dyeable cosmetics can be found at All Dyeable Cosmetics page.
Dyeing Cosmetics[]
Dyeing UI
All dyeable currently-equipped cosmetics will appear in the dyeing UI. Players can preview dye options for cosmetics they do not own, but they cannot unlock dyes for them. Attempting to enter the Dye Workshop with an applied cosmetic spell will disable the spell while the player is in the workshop area. Select a cosmetic's icon to begin dyeing it. Up to two different dyed versions of an item can be saved to wear as “Outfit Styles,” in addition to the original version.
Each dyeable cosmetic has either 1 or 2 "dyeable areas/sections". The appearance of these dyeable areas varies from item to item, (for example): solid fill, gradients, cape undersides, and gems/ornaments.
The Gallery below showcases different types of dyeing using 
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Select a dyeable area to pick its color. You must select a "base color", but can mix in an optional "tint color" for the perfect shade. When choosing colors, bear in mind that the "base color" adds a stronger pigment than the "tint color", so the color result will depend mainly on the selected "base color". The original color of the dyeable area may affect the final outcome.
Each dyeable area will cost 1-4 jars of dye to color, roughly based on the size of the area. This cost applies to both the base and tint colors, so the cost of using a mixed color will be double using one of the basic colors. For dyeable sections and costs for cosmetics, please visit All Dyeable Cosmetics.
Example of Cape Dyeing[]
The Radiance Leaping Dancer Cape pictured below has two "block"-type dyeable sections: the mantle, ribbons, and central cape tail (first dyeable area) , and the two side tails (second dyeable area).
Cosmetic Dyeing Guides[]
Dyed Cosmetics in the Outfit Shrine[]
Cosmetics with a droplet in their icon are dyeable. The droplet appears empty 
if the cosmetic has no dyed version, and full 
if it has at least one. Each cosmetic can have up to 2 dyed versions saved at a time; attempting to save a third version will ask the player to replace one of the older ones. As of this moment, there’s no option to edit or delete dyed versions and replacing them won’t compensate for the used dyes, so dye wisely!
Collecting Colored Light and Dyes[]
Colored dark plants sprout in random locations throughout the Realms and reset every hour. Sometimes they may be grown in with ordinary darkness plants, which will grant wax
.
There are different sizes of colored darkness plants: tiny/small, medium, and large.
If the colored darkness plant has "tendrils", players must deal with those first, by burning them from the tip or deep calling. The center of the darkness plant will then unfurl and can be burned to release butterflies carrying Colored Light. All colored darkness can be burnt by a solo player — no matter the number of tendrils, as the tendrils will not grow back fully once burnt to a certain point.
Use the 
Butterfly Expression or deep call to gather the butterflies and collect their Colored Light. The player will glow the collected dye color for a moment, and then the butterflies will fly away.
- If two or a group of players are connected to each other, either by holding hands or using a carry action such as the
Piggyback Action, it is enough that only one player calls or beckon the butterflies for all players to receive Colored Light. - If a plant appears darkened, it will not give any Colored Light as it was already collected by the player in a previous rotation.
- Approximately 40 butterflies worth of colored light are needed to fill one jar of dye.
Daily Limit[]
Players can only get a limited amount of colored light per day:
- red — 4 jars
- yellow — 3 jars
- green — 4 jars
- cyan — 3 jars
- blue — 4 jars
- purple — 3 jars
- white — 1 jar
- black — 1 jar
Once a player has collected the daily max, butterflies of that color will yield 0 colored light. Similar to Pieces of Light, this limit resets every day at 00:00 midnight Pacific Time (PST/PDT).
Once a player has 99 or more jars of a color in their 
inventory, butterflies of that color will also yield 0 colored light. Buying a spell of that dye color is the only way to exceed the 99 jar limit.
Schedule and Rotations[]
Colored dark plants will emit dark particles at xx:58. For players close to an unburned plant, they will be notified to "Work quickly, this plant will soon withdraw". At xx:59 all colored dark plants and colored butterflies will vanish. New colored dark plants will grow in new locations at xx:00. New colored plants might grow back at the same location or a different location, there is currently no set rotation for locations and their size at each location.
Locations[]
Certain colors can be found in specific Realms and areas:
- Daylight Prairie: red, yellow, and white.
- Areas: Caves, Prairie Peaks, Village, Temple (exterior only), Birds Nest, and Sanctuary Islands.
- Hidden Forest: green, cyan, and white.
- Valley of Triumph: red, yellow, green, cyan, and white.
- Golden Wasteland: blue, purple, and black.
- Vault of Knowledge: blue, purple, and black.
- Area(s): The Archives.
- Eye of Eden: red and black.
- The Wind Paths: all.
Other areas are not known to grow colored darkness.
Maps[]
DISCLAIMER: More specific information on colored darkness plants' rotations are still currently being explored. The map markers show common locations where plants have been found in the past.
The plants may be in the general area of the marker, instead of at that specific location. The plants will not be present every hour. If they are, they may not be the same size or color as in the image.
Daylight Prairie[]
Colored Darkness plants can be found in the following areas:
Trivia[]
- Cosmetics spells will be disabled when going into the Dye Workshop. An “×” will appear on the timer display, but the spell's timer continues to count down.
- In Patch 0.28.0 only the Outfits, Masks, and Capes categories had dyeable cosmetics. Some cosmetics in the Face Accessories, Necklaces, Hair Accessories and Head Accessories categories became dyeable only in Patch 0.28.5.
- Some cosmetics are not dyeable—for example, hair color, Season pendants, collaboration items, and so on.
References[]
Please visit the News Blog, Patch Notes, and FAQ Page on Dyeing for more information.