Scholars and Dye-making

Scholars can make dye to change the colour of armour, which is very helpful for creating a good-looking cosmetic outfit.

Here is a summary of the dyes that can be made by scholars. Members of the scholar guild with the appropriate skill and standing can learn all dye-making recipes from the Improved Recipes Vendor in the guild halls. Most recipes can also be bought from the crafting vendor in skirmish camps or the auction house.

Skill	Dye	Recipe	Key Ingredients (Source)
Apprentice	Gold	Vendor	Yarrow Root (wild)
Apprentice	Sienna	Vendor	Piece of Sienna (mining copper)
Journeyman	Grey	Drop	Iris Root (farming iris fields)
Journeyman	Olive	Drop	Pile of Copper Salts (mining copper)
Journeyman	Umber	Drop	Piece of Umber (mining barrow-iron)
Expert	Navy	Drop	Woad Plant (wild)
Expert	Turquoise	Drop	Bluebottle Petal (farming bluebottle fields)
Expert	Violet	Drop	Juicy Blackberry (farming blackberry fields)
Artisan	Burgundy	Drop	Amaranth Petal (farming amaranth fields)
Artisan	Dark Green	Drop	Onion Skin (farming green onion fields)
Artisan	Evendim Blue	Drop	Bluebottle Petal (farming bluebottle fields) Indigo Plant (wild)
Artisan	Forest Green	Drop	Onion Skin (farming green onion fields) Lily-of-the-Valley Leaf (farming lily-of-the-valley fields)
Artisan	Indigo	Drop	Indigo Plant (wild)
Master	Orange	Drop	Bloodwort Root (farming bloodwort fields)
Master	Red	Drop	Juicy Strawberry (farming strawberry fields)
Master	Rivendell Green	Drop	Onion Skin (farming green onion fields) Pile of Copper Salts (mining copper)
Master	Rust	Drop	Pile of Ancient Iron Oxides (mining ancient iron)
Master	Sea Blue	Drop	Woad Plant (wild) Bluebottle Petal (farming bluebottle fields)
Supreme	Crimson	Drop	Juicy Strawberry (farming strawberry fields) Piece of Sienna (mining copper)
Supreme	Ered Luin Blue	Drop	Woad Plant (wild) Indigo Plant (wild)
Supreme	Purple	Drop	Juicy Elderberry (farming wild flower fields) Indigo Plant (wild)
Supreme	Ranger Green	Drop	Lily-of-the-Valley Leaf (farming lily-of-the-valley fields) Piece of Umber (mining barrow-iron)
Supreme	Rose	Drop	Juicy Strawberry (farming strawberry fields) Amaranth Petal (farming amaranth fields)
Supreme	White	Drop	Chunk of Lime (mining khazâd-skarn)
Supreme	Yellow	Drop	Yarrow Root (wild) Saffron Thread (farming saffron fields)
Supreme	Black	Scholar's Guild	Pile of Ancient Iron Oxides (mining ancient iron)
Westemnet	Walnut Brown	Drop	Walnut (chopping walnut logs)
Westemnet	Steel Blue	Barter	Bluebell Bulb (farming bluebell fields)

Notes:

1. The only way to make black dye is via the scholar's guild recipe to make 5 black dye. Black dye may also be purchased from Lalia in Lalia's Market in Bree for mithril coins.
2. The recipe for steel blue dye requires Ally standing with the Ents of Fangorn Forest.
3. Plants listed as sourced from the wild, as well as many farmed flower parts, may be obtained from farming wild flower fields. The recipe for planting wild flower fields requires Friend standing with the Men of Dunland.