Name: Lesley

Message: I want to make my own soleil dyes. I am a HND student working in monochrome colours and I want to do a gradation colour in fabric to work alongside of black and white prints.

Are you referring to sunprinting, as with Pebeo's Setacolor Soleil fabric paints? Any transparent fabric paint (not dye!) can be used for this purpose. There are also dyes which can be used for sunprinting, but they work quite differently from Setacolor Soleil fabric paint.

For a full discussion, see my page on "How to Dye and Paint Fabric with Light".

For information on various ways to use fiber reactive dyes to create an ombré or gradient effect, see the following pages:

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