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Dyepot Weekly #19 - Does Orange Food Coloring Break Take 2? Red #3 vs Red #40

4,603 views · Published 19 January 2018 · 19:35 · Indexed 8 November 2026

Channel: ChemKnits Tutorials · 2018 · Howto & Style

The wilton color right color performance food coloring system has three different reds. Two of these reds, "pink" and "crimson" are composed of a single red food coloring molecule, red #3 and red #40, respectively.  By creating two different shades of orange to dip dye yarn, can finally see some breaking of ornange food coloring?  Thank you, Melanee Mortensen, for sponsoring this video!  


In this video we dye two 100 g skeins of Stroll fingering weight yarn http://shrsl.com/kp27  (KnitPicks Affiliate link).  Stroll is 75% superwash merino / 25% nylon.  

Video contents:
[0:00] Introduction and the ingredients of the Wilton Color Right Color Performance System
[2:21] The yarn base
[3:18] Mixing the dyebath (2T white vinegar + 8 cups water)
[3:49] Mixing the dyes 15 drops pink + 20 drops yellow in 1/3 cup of water and 10 drops crimson + 20 drops yellow in 1/3 cup of water.  I doubled these proportions for the dip dyeing
[6:40] Dip dyeing #1 (pink/Red3 + yellow) 
[9:30] Removing the yarn (#1) after 5 min in the pot
[10:07] Prepping the pot for dip dyeing #2 - 8 cups of water + 2 T white vinegar
[10:50] Dip dyeing yarn #2 (crimson/Red40 + yellow)
[12:53] Removing the yarn (#2) after 5 min in the pot
[13:52] Washing the cooled yarns
[15:01] washing yarn #2
[16:23] Conclusions and the finished dry yarns




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Dyepot Weekly #19 - Does Orange Food Coloring Break Take 2? Red #3 vs Red #40

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