I've been playing. Have found that an off-white fabric seems to produce brighter colours than a pale gray.
Tomorrow, I want to try using a pale orange fabric with a smidge of black, some orange, purple and green. Could be interesting. I'll have to take note of my dye amounts if I want to try to get a second piece to closely match. I've managed to get two pieces of the purple and blue to match pretty closely.
Thanks so much, I am having a ball.
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