Dying Soles Red...?

Good afternoon everyone,

I am using the Seaglow/Rit method to dye my Snakeskin soles red, and it is turning out much darker than I had anticipated (dark scarlet, almost bordering on purple). I put 1/4 cup of water, half a packet of Rit dye, and about 1/4 bottle of Seaglow into the mixing cup. Where did I go wrong? Any help/advice would be appreciate, as this is my first custom and am very much trying to learn as much as I can from people who know much more than I do. Thanks.

prob should have added some pink to it to make it brighter? post pics bro id love to see, i'm about to go all red on some 5lab3 with a red dyed sole instead of paint like everybody else does

I'll put some pictures up when I get home. i can't find any tutorials for dying soles red, and i don't want to paint them.