# Is it possible to dye white resin?

**URL:** <https://forum.formlabs.com/t/is-it-possible-to-dye-white-resin/30524>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [March 12, 2021, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/is-it-possible-to-dye-white-resin/30524 "2021-03-12T10:20:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![BoldMiniatures](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/boldminiatures/32/17325_2.png) [@BoldMiniatures](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/BoldMiniatures)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/is-it-possible-to-dye-white-resin/30524/1 "2021-03-12T10:20:39Z")

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I would like to print in a very light grey resin and I feel that the color kit is a bit of an overkill for this.

Would it be possible to add a few drops of black pigment into white resin?

Has anybody tried it?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![ashtree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@ashtree](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/ashtree)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/is-it-possible-to-dye-white-resin/30524/2 "2021-03-13T00:33:53Z")

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Yes,

Don’t go yellow color. My experience is that color makes the fail rate higher.

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**Author:** ![billb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/billb/32/5587_2.png) [@billb](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/billb)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/is-it-possible-to-dye-white-resin/30524/3 "2021-03-13T10:45:09Z")

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You could try mixing a small amount of black resin into your white.

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**Author:** ![BoldMiniatures](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/boldminiatures/32/17325_2.png) [@BoldMiniatures](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/BoldMiniatures)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/is-it-possible-to-dye-white-resin/30524/4 "2021-03-13T15:58:53Z")

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yeah that makes a lot of sense. How didn’t i think of that 😅

Thanks!