dyed / stained woods for accent

[eflanders]

Bowyers,

As mentioned in a previous post I am making my two wonderful young nieces each a bow.  I would like to incorporate their favorite colors into them to help them identify them as well as to make them far more personal. The bows are all-wood, youth sized, tri-lam longbows made of hickory and ash.  

So I found out yesterday that their favorite colors are: Orange, Blue and Turquoise.  Orange is the easy & natural color here.  I will use Paduik for that.  But how and what do I use for the blue and turquoise?  I am wanting to put the accent colors into the riser and on the limb tips.  Can a guy use dyed or stained woods and still get good glue-up?  Obviously I have never used a stained wood before gluing or even afterwards...  Usually I just use TBIII for the riser glue-up.  Should I use something different with a dyed/stained wood?

[hunting badger]

I have used liquid Rit dye to color lams and risers. Get a chunk of the same kind of wood and experiment until you get the desired color for your project. you can also mix colors to get your desired color. I have dyed lams red, pink, blue, green and turquoise. Just make sure the lams are good and dry before you use them! I let the dry overnight at room temperature then finish in a heat box. The last one I did for my daughter in law was birds eye maple stained blue under clear glass, turned out great.

[Roy from Pa]

Color chart..

  http://woodworker.com/pdf/clrchartalc.pdf  

Dye page..

  http://woodworker.com/alcohol-soluble-brt-yellow-golden-oak-aniline-dye-mssu-845-541.asp?search=aniline   dye&searchmode=2

[eflanders]

Thanks guys you have both helped me a lot here!