Egg-Cessories pysanka dyes were originally  produced by a couple in British Columbia, and there were 13 colors altogether:

Some dyes were similar to the standard UGS dyes, and some were quite different.  Their Gold, for instance, was much more stable than the UGS version, but not quite as intensely colored.

This was the original packaging:

Luckily, the company was purchased by Kathy Schoenfelder-Verrelli of Toronto, who has reenergized the business and added many new products to the store’s inventory, while continuing to produce the older ones.

Ukrainian EggCessories has increased their dyes from 13 to 26 pysanka colors, and the new dyes are being packaged with 1 tsp of dye powder in each envelope.  They used to be packaged by weight (1g), now they are packaged by volume.  This means some dye powder packs now have double the dye powder which gives a faster and richer dye; i.e. there is no need to double up dye packs. 

Kathy has also given all the dyes Canadian themed names, which can be a bit confusing for those of us for whom cream soda is not a shocking pink color and Yukon Gold is a variety of potato.  It was nice of her to name a color after my niece, though!

                                          

The pink color, old and new versions, does not have vinegar added. Due to Canadian government restrictions on the use of certain dyes, the black has been reformulated and does not work well on colored shells.  If you use Orca Black, the egg usually needs to first be washed back to white to get good coverage.

She has also added two rinse dyes–cleansing yellow and orange.  And for those who don’t like vinegar, citric acid is available to acidify your dyes.

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