Re-dye items

[Skies]

lol the answer to every question anywhere!

Is it possible to solve world hunger? don't worry, it's coming in 2.0!

Actually, and they have explained, the color of a piece of gear is actually directly tied to the gear itself. Instead of the game going "Okay, this a Toadskin Armguard. Now, what color is it? Pink? Okay paint it pink" instead it goes "Okay, what item is this? A Toadskin Armguard (Pink)? Alright, here's your Toadskin Armguard (Pink)".

Which means that to 'dye' a piece of gear a different color you are effectively crafting a new piece of gear, using the old one as material (so don't even try to dye your uncolored materia-melded gear, you WILL loose that materia).
Yes it is a failure of the system (which did not have dyes in the old days, even! To make stuff colored you needed a different set of mats, also the color of gear defined certain added abilities), however it is a failure that requires updating the game's graphic engine and the way gear is stored in it's database, what means that, essentially, it's a thing only 2.0 can fix

[Estellios]

Actually, and they have explained, the color of a piece of gear is actually directly tied to the gear itself. Instead of the game going "Okay, this a Toadskin Armguard. Now, what color is it? Pink? Okay paint it pink" instead it goes "Okay, what item is this? A Toadskin Armguard (Pink)? Alright, here's your Toadskin Armguard (Pink)".

Which means that to 'dye' a piece of gear a different color you are effectively crafting a new piece of gear, using the old one as material (so don't even try to dye your uncolored materia-melded gear, you WILL loose that materia).
Yes it is a failure of the system (which did not have dyes in the old days, even! To make stuff colored you needed a different set of mats, also the color of gear defined certain added abilities), however it is a failure that requires updating the game's graphic engine and the way gear is stored in it's database, what means that, essentially, it's a thing only 2.0 can fix

While this is the correct technical reason why we have to wait for 2.0 for this, I need to correct you in that you do not lose materia if you dye an undyed item. You do lose materia, if you upgrade a piece of gear to be more specialized (for example, making Fingerless Raptorskin Gloves into Fingerless Raptorskin Gloves of Slaying will clear all materia on it).

[Skies]

While this is the correct technical reason why we have to wait for 2.0 for this, I need to correct you in that you do not lose materia if you dye an undyed item. You do lose materia, if you upgrade a piece of gear to be more specialized (for example, making Fingerless Raptorskin Gloves into Fingerless Raptorskin Gloves of Slaying will clear all materia on it).

Oh.
I am deeply sorry for the goof-up, then! I have actually been holding back on tossing materia on my dyeables in order to not loose it, good to know!