# Purple dye price

> Purple dye Grand Exchange price right now (251 gp), with buy and sell prices, 24h volume, our own price history, buy limit, high alch profit and the GE tax.

Canonical: https://osrsgrandexchange.com/items/purple-dye
Last updated: 2026-11-02

Free-to-play item. Item id 1773.

Examine: “A little bottle of purple dye.”

## Price now

Prices as of 2026-11-02 00:20 UTC.

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

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

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Price | 251 gp |
| 90-day range (daily averages) | 209–681 gp |
| 30-day average | 274 gp |
| Change 24h / 7d / 30d | +13.6% / -20.8% / -23.7% |
| Instant buy | 291 gp (2026-10-30 08:24 UTC) |
| Instant sell | 211 gp (2026-10-30 04:46 UTC) |
| Volume 24h | 960 |
| 1h average buy / sell | 288 / 211 gp |
| 24h average buy / sell | 283 / 175 gp |
| Buy limit (4h) | 150 |

## Selling

- GE tax each: 5 gp
- You receive: 286 gp
- Flip margin after tax: 75 gp
- Per buy limit: 11,250 gp

## High alchemy

- High alch value: 3
- Low alch value: 2
- Profit per cast: -440 gp

Buying one at the instant-buy price plus a nature rune; fire runes assumed from a staff.

## Purple dye price, last 7 days

Hourly averages from our own history.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 26, 2026 (first point) | 304 | 296 |
| Oct 30, 2026 (last point) | 288 | 211 |

Range plotted: 150 to 307 gp, over 83 points.

## 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.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apr 8, 2026 (first point) | 556 | 442 |
| Oct 31, 2026 (last point) | 283 | 175 |

Range plotted: 100 to 819 gp, over 207 points.

## 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.

Item id 1773. Prices update every five minutes.

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- [GE tax calculator](https://osrsgrandexchange.com/ge-tax-calculator)
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- [How we get prices](https://osrsgrandexchange.com/about)