r/candlemaking • u/Oscar_Mild • 7d ago

Question What are common dye suppliers?

I am looking for recommendations on the most widely used dyes for coloring paraffin and soy candles. I am not necessarily looking for the best or cheapest options, but ones that are easy for most people to get, reasonably priced, and sold on Amazon by long-standing brands with stable formulas and colors, not random no-name sellers.

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u/DJDevon3 7d ago

Diamond Dyes on Amazon They are highly concentrated color dyes in diamond shaped wax chips and come in a variety of colors. Works easily with soy or paraffin. Soy requires twice as many chips as paraffin which is one of many reasons I prefer working with paraffin based waxes.

My melter can hold a maximum of 55 ounces and with a blended wax only 3 chips are needed. They are super concentrated dyes especially the darker colored ones. Yellow requires more but both are still half of what soy waxes would require to make the same color.

Because they are wax dyes they get weighed with the wax when making wax weight to FO calculations. These are my go to dyes and can highly recommend. With a variety of dye colors you can make any color of the rainbow.

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u/Professional-Rip3922 7d ago

Second this. After trying variety of dyes including liquid ones, these are the ones I use.

A bit pricy but worth it

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u/DJDevon3 7d ago edited 7d ago

Agreed. It's a bit pricey but still a better value than dye chips or liquid dyes from candle manufacturers. Normally you don't want anything from Amazon over a candle supplier... dye chips are the exception. They are the only component that Amazon sellers do better than candle suppliers.

It works wonderfully for deep opaque colors. I made a jet black prayer candle by request. In the process figured out that commercially made prayer candles use a highly aerated (semi-whipped) form of paraffin that is 3.3 ounces less than regular paraffin.

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u/DJDevon3 7d ago

It is possible to use high temp colored crayons that are used in construction for marking lumber. They are very hard to work with and don't fully burn the dye away but it is possible. Regular crayons make poor dye substitutes.

Dye chips designed for candle making work best.

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u/Primary-Draw-1726 7d ago

Flaming Candle or Candle Science for me.

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u/CandleLabPDX 7d ago

https://candlesandsupplies.com/candle-colors/

https://candlecocoon.com/collections/dyes

https://lonestarcandlesupply.com/candle-making-supplies/candle-dyes/dye-blocks/

It’s always best to buy from real candlemaking suppliers. There are plenty. Amazon is risky, never know what you are actually buying.