Chocobo Dye Experimentation

[Oghmanyte]

I don't have screenshots since it wasn't my chocobo, but an FC member reports that his very first chocobo feeding ever, which consisted of only Doman Plums to the very first feather proc, yielded Lime Green. I checked his chocobo myself and it is indeed lime green.

Tried to make a bit less "messy", I think it's a bit less at least, hope I didn't miss anything. I might be able to squeeze in a few updates to the map if I got time before I go on holiday

I notice your new chart removes the link between Kobold Brown and Wine Red; is that deliberate or just an oversight?

[Erendis]

You forgot to update your Feed #6 Anonymoose :P

Can someone advice me which colour would be closest to bronze?

[Gamina]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post2390346

Just some updates on my path seem to have skipped two steps in the green path on a one message feed.

[Ezariel]

I wanted to offer that I tried a recipe someone gave me that they found online for Soot Black. They said that the individual followed 6 (or maybe 8, I forget) steps to get there. I tried them all at once, feeding each fruit in a batch and then seeing what came out. Did it half hopefully and half as an experiment. I got Turquoise Green. It naturally did not work, but thought I would just throw out there that getting to a specific color all in one go may require some experimentation. However, for anyone who wants Turquoise Green and can grow their own veggies, I got it with this recipe. I do not know if it will work again, this is just how I got to it exactly. Curious if someone else would get the same results, but since its such an expensive recipe to follow I'm not really sure I'd encourage anyone to try.

23 apples, 39 berries, 25 pears and 3 pineapples in that order.

I am now experimenting on my own how to get to Soot Black, so I will let you guys know if I get any hits.

[kilesamara]

Grape Purple + Mamook Pear -> Shadow Blue

[Anonymoose]

Going to join the fray here and post each step of my progress from Desert Yellow to Grape Purple (one new feathers message from one fruit type at a time). Hopefully I can help corroborate the findings so far, and if something goes horribly awry, hopefully you'll at least be able to help meh fix it!

FEED #1 (Stable: Good)

Starting Color: Desert Yellow (216 175 80)
Feed: Xelphatol Apple
Log:

• Fed Apple
  
• Timer Begins ("New Plumage")
• Fed Apple
• Color Shifts ("New Feathers")

Expectation: Millioncorn Yellow (226 152 46)
Resulting Color: Millioncorn Yellow (226 152 46)
Notes: Corroborates chart so far.

FEED #2 (Stable: Good)

Starting Color: Millioncorn Yellow (226 152 46)
Feed: Xelphatol Apple
Log:

• Fed Apple
  
• Timer Begins ("New Plumage")
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Color Shifts ("New Feathers")

Expectation: Pumpkin Orange (293 109 31)
Resulting Color: Pumpkin Orange (293 109 31)
Notes: 13 feeds to move one color, oof. Gonna need to grow another set of apples...

FEED #3 (Stable: Good)

Starting Color: Pumpkin Orange (293 109 31)
Feed: Xelphatol Apple
Log:

• Fed Apple
  
• Timer Begins ("New Plumage")
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Color Shifts ("New Feathers")

Expectation: Sunset Orange (178 85 39)
Resulting Color: Sunset Orange (178 85 39)
Notes: This stage is a little strange if one assumes that the raw RGB values are of worth, here. From Pumpkin to Sunset, the green decreases as expected, but the red decreases and the blue increases? From an apple? SE's values must be a little different if this is true. Also, another 12 apples down. Doubt I'll make it from sunset (assuming I get sunset) to blood in just 9 from my first planting. <sad meh>

FEED #4 (Stable: Good)

Starting Color: Sunset Orange (178 85 39)
Feed: Xelphatol Apple
Log:

• Fed Apple
  
• Timer Begins ("New Plumage")
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Fed Apple
• Color Shifts ("New Feathers")

Expectation: Blood Red (139 52 34)
Resulting Color: Blood Red (139 52 34)
Notes: So far so good! Could I truly be done with apples!?

FEED #5 (Stable: Good)

Starting Color: Blood Red (139 52 34)
Feed:O'Ghomoro Berries
Log:

• Fed Berries
• Timer Begins ("New Plumage")
• Fed Berries
• Fed Berries
• Fed Berries
• Color Shifts ("New Feathers")

Expectation: Dalamud Red (113 22 22)
Resulting Color: TIMER IN PROGRESS; UPDATE AT 9:31PM EST
Notes: Come onnnn, RNGesus, smooth transitions, no loops! Lessdothis!

FEED #6 (Stable: Good)

Starting Color: Dalamud Red (113 22 22)
Feed:O'Ghomoro Berries
Log:

• Fed Berries
• Timer Begins ("New Plumage")
• Fed Berries
• Fed Berries
• Fed Berries
• Fed Berries
• Fed Berries
• Fed Berries
• Fed Berries
• Fed Berries
• Fed Berries
• Fed Berries
• Fed Berries
• Fed Berries
• Fed Berries
• Fed Berries
• Color Shifts ("New Feathers")

Expectation: Rolanberry Red (84 19 35)
Resulting Color: TIMER IN PROGRESS; UPDATE AT 4:20AM EST
Notes: That is a lot of berries... fahk. Thinking I might overshoot it.

FEED #7 (Stable: Fair at first, noticed and cleaned them after 6 of 11 feedings)

Starting Color: Rolanberry Red (84 19 35)
Feed: Mamook Pears
Log:

• Fed Pears
• Timer Begins ("New Plumage")
• Fed Pears
• Fed Pears
• Fed Pears
• Fed Pears
• Fed Pears
• Fed Pears
• Fed Pears
• Fed Pears
• Fed Pears
• Fed Pears
• Color Shifts ("New Feathers")

Expectation: Grape Purple (52 36 54)
Resulting Color:Russet Brown(72 29 36)
Notes: Could we really be on the home stretch!? Let's not jinx it. Lots of hope and TLC and prayers to RNGesus that a fair stable for half the feeds doesn't send it to Swampass Breen or something. AAAAAND IT'S BROWN. Heartbreaking.

TL;DR SUMMARY
Staring Color: Desert Yellow
End Goal: Grape Purple
Path to Date: Completed steps in black, optimistically anticipated steps in gray (Please recommend changes if you see something off.)

• [Step 1] Desert Yellow to Millioncorn Yellow in 2 Apples ✓
• [Step 2] Millioncorn Yellow to Pumpkin Orange in 13 Apples ✓
• [Step 3] Pumpkin Orange to Sunset Orange in 12 Apples ✓
• [Step 4] Sunset Orange to Blood Red in 11 Apples ✓
• [Step 5] Blood Red to Dalamud Red in 4 Berries ✓
• [Step 6] Dalamud Red to Rolanberry Red in 15 Berries ✓
• [Step 7] Rolanberry Red to Russet Brown in 11 Pears ✘

Total Feedings: 38 Xelphatol Apples, 19 O'Ghomoro Berries, 11 Mamook Pears


CURRENT PERSONAL NOTES
Of course the Twelve are that cruel. Welp, I have no idea what to do here. Time to research a bit. What do you guys think? One round of "decrease the red, increase the green and blue" from Doman Plums? Guy in the R&D chaos thread tried that and ended up charcoal... Hmmm... /facedesk

[Erendis]

I would try feeding doman plums. Might go grape purple or wine red, I think. If wine red, then feed mamook pears.

[Anonymoose]

I would try feeding doman plums. Might go grape purple or wine red, I think. If wine red, then feed mamook pears.

I decided to go the Doman Plum (– + +) route just to feel like I was doing something productive, but I've a feeling it's going to make things worse before they get better. The one person I could find who used plums at Russet Brown (72 39 26) went to Charcoal Gray (65 64 59), but here's hoping for Grape Purple (52 36 54). I'm not very confident, though. If the RGB values are correct, the increase in green is likely to bite me in the ass and indeed give me charcoal. Wine Red (62 17 14) doesn't seem as likely (though, I'd take it). What a kick in the rolanberries, though...

If anybody has a better idea lemme know and I'll pull him out of the stables before the timer's up, lol.

[Aurelie]

This is my first post. When I started, I didn't know about the color charts, so I just guesses at what to give. I want Soot Black, but since I have to darken it in steps I decided I would like to make it purple first. At the time, I didn't know that you had to do that anyway.
I started by giving equal amounts of O'Ghomoro Berries and Xelphatol Apples. I fed first 1 berry then one apple, continuing in that way until I had fed 6 of each. Unfortunately, I didn't keep track of how many fruit I had given before I got the "growing new feathers" message, but I think it was after the 3rd apple, so that would have been after 3 berries & 3 apples. When My chocobo changed color, it was coral pink.