OSRS Grand Exchange

Prices last updated 3 days ago. Updates are paused; the numbers below are from then.

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Purple dye price

Purple dye

“A little bottle of purple dye.”

251 gp

+13.6% 24h · -20.8% 7d · -23.7% 30d

Purple dye is 8% below its 30-day average.

209681

90-day range of daily average prices; 30-day average 274 gp.

Possible merch: over the last day buyers paid far more than sellers took. Prices like this can collapse quickly.

Instant buy
291
3 days ago
Instant sell
211
3 days ago
Volume 24h
960
1h average buy / sell
288 / 211
24h average buy / sell
283 / 175
Buy limit (4h)
150

Purple dye price, last 7 days

Hourly averages from our own history.

150229307Oct 26, 2026Oct 30, 2026
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Purple dye price history

Daily averages. Since Apr 8, 2026 the lowest daily sell average was 100 gp and the highest buy average 819 gp.

100460819Apr 8, 2026Oct 31, 2026
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Questions

How much is Purple dye worth in OSRS?
About 251 gp right now on the Grand Exchange: the last instant buy was 291 gp and the last instant sell 211 gp. Over the last 24 hours 960 were traded.
What is the GE buy limit for Purple dye?
150 every 4 hours.
Is Purple dye worth high alching?
High alchemy gives 3 coins. Buying one at 291 gp plus a nature rune makes that a 440 gp loss per cast right now.
How much tax do you pay selling Purple dye?
5 gp each at 291 gp (2%, rounded down, capped at 5m per item), so you receive 286 gp.

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