Lighten Purple Dye chrome leder... Suggestions

[HondoMan]

Right then,

I recently made this shoulder bag for a lass here in Germany to her specs.  We wanted the purple underflap to match the purple in the macramae necklace that is sewn on.  All of this bleedin chrome leather, which I am not a fan of, but it kept the cost low for the lass.  That underflap is black as you can see from the 2nd foto.  The flesh side, which was dyed with Fiebings Suede, was actually a lighter black.  I did numerous tests to find a reduced shade, but nothing worked!  I did use Dye Reducer.  It either came out grey or the colour we ended with.  

Can anyone offer a suggestion?  I offered to do this for the lass if we can find a solution at no cost.  She likes the bag, but would be happier if the purples matched.

Cheers,

 

 

[Roq]

Pardon me if I am missing something, if you wanted purple, why did you use black?

[HondoMan]

Roq, understandable question.  Simply, couldn't find any.  The lass wanted a certain shoulder bag and to keep the price as low as possible, I used rest leather from a local shop.  Or are you meaning why not use a different colour to begin with?  Finding purple leather is not easy, at least not where I am living.  And to find it in a shade that nearly matches the necklace would be near impossible.

 

Ideas?

Cheers,

[Roq]

Purple dye runs about $5 USD here for 4oz. There is a Tandy in the UK, I don't know what the shipping for their Eco-Flo would be to you. You could also try Amazon. Of course if she really doesn't want to spend the money, black is fine.

https://www.tandyleather.eu/en/product/eco-flo-professional-waterstain?sSearch=Eco-Flo%20Waterstain%20purple

[HondoMan]

Roq, I appreciate your offer of advice, but it seems lad I wasn't quite clear.  The Eco-flo is for Veg Tan and the bag is Chromed Leather and I dyed the flesh side.  See my predicament?  I used Fiebings Suede Dye, but to reduce it down seemed to not function when applied to the flesh side of the chromed leather. 

What I am hoping is that someone knows either:

A.  A method to reduce the dye down when applied on black flesh side chrome leather.

B.  Nows a chrome leather colour that will work better.

Cheers,