[Opinions] Jute Color

[Яoman]

Opinions on the color please.

Ok well im making my ghillie and I have the netting cut and sew onto my BDUs. Now IM dying the Jute to place it onto the suit. Only problem is I dont know if the green is too dark or not. NOW, I cant really tell yet because the jute is still wet and the sun is going down so Im going to have to wait a bit for it to dry so dont be surprised if its to dark now. Ill post another pic of it dry.

I just used the lightest green dye I could fine and on the bottle the color resembles OD green. If this is to dark when it dryes I may throw in some yellow to brighten the dye up a bit and use this color as a mid green, the yellow+green as my green and the dark green as my third shade.

Wet Jute. Rit-Dye Color: Kelly Green

[Great Troub of Troubistan]

When I was reading and could only see a portion of the pic. I thought your sidewalk was ACU: Strange.

Anyways, its pretty dark. It looks like a forest green color, with spots of like a tealish green from what I can tell. It should be fine, just throw in different camo colors in with it. Like tan/brown. If you still don't like it, or it doesn't work you can also re-dye it then.

[Son]

In my opinion, I think that it should be a darker green, that seems to be a color for the trees/leavesl so i would say a more darker green

[Яoman]

I have a darker green dye but I wanted to get an OD green base and put some Dark Green, Dark Brown, Lightbrown/Tan in there.

[Zorak]

I just wrote and threw away a response because it's too hard to judge the color in isolation. I'd like to see it with the other colors you're making against a natural backdrop. On this monitor, a blob that color green pops out, and it doesn't look like a good camo color. Mixed with other colors I think the pop would go away.

[Яoman]

Alright. Im just going to go ahead and continue dying all the colors I have. Jute is only 1.29 and dye is only 3$ so if I need to modify it I can. Going ruffly off of woodland camo and MARPATs its hard to dye color because you dont want to go with patterns so its hard to estimate what color should be the base. Woodland/Marpats have a more OD/Tan color to them but have a lot of green and brown over them so its hard to say whats a base color.

Going ruffly off of other colors and ghillie suits its a tad dark. Sense nature doesnt really have a base color its hard to tell what to look at. I live in a city so its not so easy to match it to a surrounding.

Another hard thing is sense Im using Jute instead of the glossy synthetic threads they sell now Its hard to tell if the color will go darker/lighting with wear and tear. Its going to fray and its going to get dirty to help it blend. So I guess there not a easy way to do it I just am trying to eliminate as many problems than could occur as possible.

[LT.Monk]

I say apply the colors as they would happen in nature. Dirt, Foliage, and shadows, but since the Jute reacts natural and already cast a shadow, I would apply a thin layer of brown first, then put the Kelly Green color as the real base, and then use OD as a highlight color, with small Dark Brown highlights as well.

[xaos]

Just a little bit of advice - most ghillie suits I've seen on airsoft fields are way too green. Use a lot of brown, in light and dark shades.

[Яoman]

{EDIT 2}
Well Im starting over on my green dyes. Im going give them a duller color. Because ive been looking and if I want to blend into front yard grass green its perfect but sadly thats not the color that stands out in the field. So, Im dulling my greens to an OD/Tan-ish color and giving myself a more variety on the browns.
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Well, I have a shitload of netting and dye/jute is cheap so im going to be making 2 ghillies. One is going to be my first and thats the Green "All Year" ghillie and another one is going to be a Fall ghillie wich consist of Browns/Grays

Thanks for the advice though. Ill keep that in mind while im making both.

{EDIT}

Damn yo Xaos. Now you got me rething my entire ghillie. Im tempted to give my green a quick brown dye to see if I can get a duller green and more of a browish tint. I dont have a field I can go out at and look and compare my fabric so this sux HARD.

I guess worst comes to worst... spray paint will do the drink in helping it blend.

[O'Dwah]

If I where you, I wouldn't even mess with dyes. Just build the suit itself with a light colour, like tan, then when ever you go to a field to play, bring some cans of spray paint, and just paint the ghille in relation to the environment of the field.

[Яoman]

Well, in a way, I am doing that Oakey. I am putting on 3 colors that are dull. I am applying tan/regular jute, a dull light green and a dull light brown or dull dark green. Hell, I may just lleave it with 2 colors. Yes you are right to just not color it ore barely color it and use the vegitation. Ill trying to get some pictures of the ghillie while its done.

It no longer looks like that. Thats wet and has surface dye on it. It came out dull and looks really nice. Just need to get some dirt on it to take the minimum shine it has off of it and put it onto the ghillie.