Quote Originally Posted by Alcide View Post
You could be right, but then why on the list there's only one color variation for the plates, two for robes and three for gathering gears? If they wanted to just show the process without putting every different color then why putting more recipes for a certain type of equip and only one for another?
Also, it isn't casual: if you want a plate set you obviousely want to tank, so there's only certain stats you would need (1 color variation), on the other hand if you equip a robe you could either heal or go dps so there are two different "builds" that you might want (2 color variations) and if you equip a jacket you could either be a miner, a botanist or a fisher (3 color variations) and these are just a few exemples, but if you look carefully at the whole list trying to imagine colors as different upgrades for different roles it does make sense for every recipe.
That's why I think we won't be able to use any dying recipe that's not already listed and I think that the same gear in two differents colors will have different stats, but I really hope to be wrong.
I think you are on to something here. What you are saying does make complete sense, but it just hasn't been confirmed that red is the "only" color you can dye it. I'm not saying that i disagree though, to be honest I think you are spot on.