Purple dye

A little bottle of purple dye. Purple dye is a free-to-play item traded on the Old School RuneScape Grand Exchange.

Purple dye trades for 502 gp, making it one of the cheapest items on the GE. The buy-sell spread is 177 gp (35.3%), which indicates a wide gap between instant buy and sell — typical of less liquid items.

Purple dye has very low trading volume (5 recent trades), which means wider spreads and slower fills. With a buy limit of 150 every 4 hours, you can trade in large quantities per session.

Purple dye currently has a negative margin of -180 gp after tax, meaning instant flips would result in a loss at these prices. Margins fluctuate throughout the day — check back later or set a price alert to be notified when the margin turns positive. The price has risen 6.1% in the last hour, indicating upward buying pressure.

Purple dye has a high alchemy value of 3 gp, but at the current buy price it is not profitable to alch.

Set a price alert to get notified when the margin changes, or add this item to your watchlist for quick access.