RIT Dye to Period(ish) Color Chart

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RIT Dye to Period(ish) Color Chart

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Is there such a thing? I have some undyed linengarb Rus pants I want to make a light green.
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http://honorbeforevictory.com/tag/linen/

This was really helpful. Just found it.
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RIT is the Yugo of dye. Do yourself a favor and use some good fiber-reactive dyes from Dharma Trading.
http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/eng/2352816-AA.shtml
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