My guess is that the mixed dyes are almost 8 weeks old, but still viable. So, not wanting to waste, I grabbed a soda ash-soaked strip and scraped each color, waited, washed out. Some are fine, and seeing this test strip I can use the color as is, not thinned with print paste, to get this light shade. I've printing to do!
I had an unwashed test of all the colors I used teaching at PNWAS in Coupeville. I added the 4 week-old dye paste I saved in the fridge and tested them (upper colors) against the colors I used in the class (bottom swiped colors). Seems just the magenta and turquoise weakened. Good to go!
