Color Change - Whole Hides ?

[CustomDoug]

Hello - I picked up 11 full size upholstery hides locally the other day for for a very good price. They are high quality hides but the hitch is that they are all blue in color. I have some projects that this color will work well for but some others that it won't. So, I'm trying to figure out my options to change some of the hides to a different color all together. I own a good compressor and automotive paint guns so is there a quality product that I should look into? Most seem to be small aerosol cans, but I'd need a larger quantity. What about hand applying dye - is it called Aniline or something like that? This would be superior to the spray, right? But if doing this would I be locked into going darker than the original color.. or does going to a brighter color work too? Thanks for any an all help! ~ Doug