Use Dyes to Change the Colour of Your Gear in FFXIV

Last updated on Oct 30, 2021 at 18:30 by Lyra 1 comment

This page contains information about the Dye system, which players can use to change the colour palette of their gear. Here, you will find information on how to unlock dyes and where to acquire dyes.

1.

Dyeing

The Dye system allows players to change the colour palette of specific gear, allowing players to express themselves in different ways and become the ultimate Fashion Leader of Eorzea!

In addition to changing the colour of equipment, you can wholly change their appearance! These two systems work in tandem, so you can change both the colour and appearance of your gear! To learn more about Glamour, visit our dedicated page explaining how to change the appearance of your gear.

2.

How to Unlock Dyeing

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To unlock glamour, you must first complete a sidequest - either "Color Your World", from Swyrgeim at Vesper Bay in Western Thanalan, or "A Self-improving Man" from Wiscard in Mor Dhona. These are very simple quests and take no time at all to complete. It is likely you run into the one in Vesper Bay first. The Orange Juice Icon Orange Juice required for "Color Your World" can be purchased from the Merchant and Mender NPC right beside Swyrgeim.

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How to Dye Gear

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In order to dye a piece of gear, you must have a dye and an item you wish to dye. Highlight the item and select Dye from the subcommands. Select the dye you wish to use; you can preview how the item will dye in the menu. You can choose which channel you wish to apply your dye on. In addition, you can use the menu options to show all equipped gear and preview all dyeable gear bwith the selected dye. Once you are sure of your selection, press Dye to change the colour of the gear!

Keep in mind that not all gear can be dyed. If a piece of equipment can be dyed, it will have a circle on the top right of the icon indicating as such.

With the Dawntrail expansion and graphical update, many pieces of gear now has two separate dye channels. To learn more about the graphical update, visit our graphical update page.

4.

How to Remove Dye

You can also remove dye from an item in the Dye menu. Select the first colour palette and the first option will be to remove the dye. This costs one Terebinth Icon Terebinth, and will return the item to its original colour. You can purchase Terebinth from vendors in major cities.

5.

Where to Get Dye

Dyes come from a variety of places across Eorzea, and some are very rare. Even so, you can view all dyes when dyeing a piece of equipment. Below is a list of places dyes can be acquired from.

  • Purchased from vendors across Eorzea;
  • Crafted by any crafter that meets the level requirement;
  • Rewarded from content such as Ishgardian Restoration;
  • Rewarded from dungeon treasure chests;
  • Rewarded from sidequests;
  • Purchased on the Marketboard from other players with gil;
  • Purchased with real money on the FFXIV Online Store;
  • Rewarded from a Venture Coffer Icon Venture Coffer, a rare drop from Quick Exploration Ventures.
6.

Other Functions of the Dye System

Certain housing items can also be dyed. To learn more about Housing, visit our dedicated Housing page.

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List of Dyes

Below is a list of all dyes, sorted by colour, and where to acquire them. For dyes purchasable from Beast Tribes, you must raise their reputation before you are able to access their vendor.

7.1.

Neutral Dyes

Dye Where to Acquire
Snow White Dye Icon Snow White Dye Crafted or Ixali Beast Tribe
Ash Grey Dye Icon Ash Grey Dye Major City Vendor
Goobbue Grey Dye Icon Goobbue Grey Dye Major City Vendor
Slate Grey Dye Icon Slate Grey Dye Major City Vendor
Charcoal Grey Dye Icon Charcoal Grey Dye Major City Vendor
Soot Black Dye Icon Soot Black Dye Crafted or Ixali Beast Tribe
7.2.

Reds

Dye Where to Acquire
Rose Pink Dye Icon Rose Pink Dye Major City Vendor
Lilac Purple Dye Icon Lilac Purple Dye Sahagin Beast Tribe
Rolanberry Red Dye Icon Rolanberry Red Dye Major City Vendor
Dalamud Red Dye Icon Dalamud Red Dye Crafted
Rust Red Dye Icon Rust Red Dye Major City Vendor
Wine Red Dye Icon Wine Red Dye Crafted
Coral Pink Dye Icon Coral Pink Dye Sahagin Beast Tribe
Blood Red Dye Icon Blood Red Dye Major City Vendor
Salmon Pink Dye Icon Salmon Pink Dye Major City Vendor
Ruby Red Dye Icon Ruby Red Dye Ishgardian Restoration
Cherry Pink Dye Icon Cherry Pink Dye Ishgardian Restoration
7.3.

Browns

Dye Where to Acquire
Sunset Orange Dye Icon Sunset Orange Dye Crafted
Mesa Red Dye Icon Mesa Red Dye Major City Vendor
Bark Brown Dye Icon Bark Brown Dye Major City Vendor
Chocolate Brown Dye Icon Chocolate Brown Dye Major City Vendor
Russet Brown Dye Icon Russet Brown Dye Major City Vendor
Kobold Brown Dye Icon Kobold Brown Dye Crafted
Cork Brown Dye Icon Cork Brown Dye Kobold Beast Tribe
Qiqirn Brown Dye Icon Qiqirn Brown Dye Sylph Beast Tribe
Opo-opo Brown Dye Icon Opo-opo Brown Dye Major City Vendor
Aldgoat Brown Dye Icon Aldgoat Brown Dye Sylph Beast Tribe
Pumpkin Orange Dye Icon Pumpkin Orange Dye Crafted
Acorn Brown Dye Icon Acorn Brown Dye Sylph Beast Tribe
Orchard Brown Dye Icon Orchard Brown Dye Major City Vendor
Chestnut Brown Dye Icon Chestnut Brown Dye Major City Vendor
Gobbiebag Brown Dye Icon Gobbiebag Brown Dye Kobold Beast Tribe
Shale Brown Dye Icon Shale Brown Dye Sylph Beast Tribe
Mole Brown Dye Icon Mole Brown Dye Major City Vendor
Loam Brown Dye Icon Loam Brown Dye Crafted
7.4.

Yellows

Dye Where to Acquire
Bone White Dye Icon Bone White Dye Major City Vendor
Ul Brown Dye Icon Ul Brown Dye Kobold Beast Tribe
Desert Yellow Dye Icon Desert Yellow Dye Major City Vendor
Honey Yellow Dye Icon Honey Yellow Dye Crafted
Millioncorn Yellow Dye Icon Millioncorn Yellow Dye Crafted
Coeurl Yellow Dye Icon Coeurl Yellow Dye Amalj'aa Beast Tribe
Cream Yellow Dye Icon Cream Yellow Dye Major City Vendor
Halatali Yellow Dye Icon Halatali Yellow Dye Major City Vendor
Raisin Brown Dye Icon Raisin Brown Dye Amalj'aa Beast Tribe
Canary Yellow Dye Icon Canary Yellow Dye Ishgardian Restoration
Vanilla Yellow Dye Icon Vanilla Yellow Dye Ishgardian Restoration
7.5.

Greens

Dye Where to Acquire
Mud Green Dye Icon Mud Green Dye Major City Vendor
Sylph Green Dye Icon Sylph Green Dye Kobold Beast Tribe
Lime Green Dye Icon Lime Green Dye Sylph Beast Tribe
Moss Green Dye Icon Moss Green Dye Major City Vendor
Meadow Green Dye Icon Meadow Green Dye Kobold Beast Tribe
Olive Green Dye Icon Olive Green Dye Major City Vendor
Marsh Green Dye Icon Marsh Green Dye Sylph Beast Tribe
Apple Green Dye Icon Apple Green Dye Kobold Beast Tribe
Cactuar Green Dye Icon Cactuar Green Dye Sylph Beast Tribe
Hunter Green Dye Icon Hunter Green Dye Crafted
Ochu Green Dye Icon Ochu Green Dye Crafted
Adamantoise Green Dye Icon Adamantoise Green Dye Kobold Beast Tribe
Nophica Green Dye Icon Nophica Green Dye Major City Vendor
Deepwood Green Dye Icon Deepwood Green Dye Crafted
Celeste Green Dye Icon Celeste Green Dye Crafted
Turquoise Green Dye Icon Turquoise Green Dye Sylph Beast Tribe
Morbol Green Dye Icon Morbol Green Dye Crafted
7.6.

Blues

Dye Where to Acquire
Ice Blue Dye Icon Ice Blue Dye Major City Vendor
Sky Blue Dye Icon Sky Blue Dye Major City Vendor
Seafog Blue Dye Icon Seafog Blue Dye Amalj'aa Beast Tribe
Peacock Blue Dye Icon Peacock Blue Dye Amalj'aa Beast Tribe
Rhotano Blue Dye Icon Rhotano Blue Dye Sahagin Beast Tribe
Corpse Blue Dye Icon Corpse Blue Dye Sahagin Beast Tribe
Ceruleum Blue Dye Icon Ceruleum Blue Dye Major City Vendor
Woad Blue Dye Icon Woad Blue Dye Crafted
Ink Blue Dye Icon Ink Blue Dye Major City Vendor
Raptor Blue Dye Icon Raptor Blue Dye Amalj'aa Beast Tribe
Othard Blue Dye Icon Othard Blue Dye Crafted
Storm Blue Dye Icon Storm Blue Dye Crafted
Void Blue Dye Icon Void Blue Dye Crafted
Royal Blue Dye Icon Royal Blue Dye Crafted
Midnight Blue Dye Icon Midnight Blue Dye Major City Vendor
Shadow Blue Dye Icon Shadow Blue Dye Sahagin Beast Tribe
Abyssal Blue Dye Icon Abyssal Blue Dye Crafted
Dragoon Blue Dye Icon Dragoon Blue Dye Ishgardian Restoration
Turquoise Blue Dye Icon Turquoise Blue Dye Ishgardian Restoration
7.7.

Purples

Dye Where to Acquire
Lavender Purple Dye Icon Lavender Purple Dye Sahagin Beast Tribe
Gloom Purple Dye Icon Gloom Purple Dye Major City Vendor
Currant Purple Dye Icon Currant Purple Dye Amalj'aa Beast Tribe
Iris Purple Dye Icon Iris Purple Dye Sahagin Beast Tribe
Grape Purple Dye Icon Grape Purple Dye Major City Vendor
Lotus Pink Dye Icon Lotus Pink Dye Crafted
Colibri Pink Dye Icon Colibri Pink Dye Crafted
Plum Purple Dye Icon Plum Purple Dye Crafted
Regal Purple Dye Icon Regal Purple Dye Crafted
7.8.

Special Dye

For most special dyes, there are General-purpose variants. The regular dyes are untradeable, but General-purpose dyes are tradeable. Both variants dye the same. You can purchase special dyes from the FFXIV Online Store for real money, but they can be acquired in-game albeit at a rare rate.

Dye Where to Acquire
Pure White Dye Icon Pure White Dye Venture Coffer, Gold Chocobo Feather, Online Store
Jet Black Dye Icon Jet Black Dye Venture Coffer, Gold Chocobo Feather, Online Store
Pastel Pink Dye Icon Pastel Pink Dye Venture Coffer, Gold Chocobo Feather, Online Store
Dark Red Dye Icon Dark Red Dye Venture Coffer, Gold Chocobo Feather, Online Store
Dark Brown Dye Icon Dark Brown Dye Venture Coffer, Gold Chocobo Feather, Online Store
Pastel Green Dye Icon Pastel Green Dye Venture Coffer, Gold Chocobo Feather, Online Store
Dark Green Dye Icon Dark Green Dye Venture Coffer, Gold Chocobo Feather, Online Store
Pastel Blue Dye Icon Pastel Blue Dye Venture Coffer, Gold Chocobo Feather, Online Store
Dark Blue Dye Icon Dark Blue Dye Venture Coffer, Gold Chocobo Feather, Online Store
Pastel Purple Dye Icon Pastel Purple Dye Venture Coffer, Gold Chocobo Feather, Online Store
Dark Purple Dye Icon Dark Purple Dye Venture Coffer, Gold Chocobo Feather, Online Store
Metallic Silver Dye Icon Metallic Silver Dye Venture Coffer, Gold Chocobo Feather, Online Store
Metallic Gold Dye Icon Metallic Gold Dye Venture Coffer, Gold Chocobo Feather, Online Store
Metallic Red Dye Icon Metallic Red Dye Venture Coffer, Gold Chocobo Feather, Online Store
Metallic Orange Dye Icon Metallic Orange Dye Venture Coffer, Gold Chocobo Feather, Online Store
Metallic Yellow Dye Icon Metallic Yellow Dye Venture Coffer, Gold Chocobo Feather, Online Store
Metallic Green Dye Icon Metallic Green Dye Venture Coffer, Gold Chocobo Feather, Online Store
Metallic Sky Blue Dye Icon Metallic Sky Blue Dye Venture Coffer, Gold Chocobo Feather, Online Store
Metallic Blue Dye Icon Metallic Blue Dye Venture Coffer, Gold Chocobo Feather, Online Store
Metallic Purple Dye Icon Metallic Purple Dye Venture Coffer, Gold Chocobo Feather, Online Store
Gunmetal Black Dye Icon Gunmetal Black Dye Ishgardian Restoration
Pearl White Dye Icon Pearl White Dye Ishgardian Restoration
Metallic Brass Dye Icon Metallic Brass Dye Ishgardian Restoration
8.

Changelog

  • 25 Jun. 2024: Updated to reflect two dye channel change in Dawntrail.
  • 30 Oct. 2021: Added links to the FFXIV Store for certain dyes.
  • 22 Oct. 2021: Page added.
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