Laws of Dyeing on Shabbat

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MISHNA: One who rends his garment in his anger or in anguish over his dead relative is exempt. And anyone else who performs labors destructively on Shabbat is exempt. And one who performs a labor destructively in order to repair is liable, and his measure for liability is equivalent to the measure for one who performs that labor constructively. The measure that determines liability for one who whitens, or one who combs, or one who dyes…

The Gemara relates that Rav Ḥisda permitted returning stuffing to the pillow from which it had fallen on Shabbat. Rav Ḥanan bar Ḥisda raised an objection to the opinion of Rav Ḥisda from a baraita: One may untie the neck opening of a shirt on Shabbat if it had been tied by the launderer; however, one may not open a new neck opening for the first time on Shabbat. And one may not place soft material into a pillow or into a cushion on a Festival, and, needless to say, one may not do so on Shabbat…

Dyeing is one of the categories of [forbidden] labor.Accordingly, it is forbidden for a woman to apply rouge to her face, because this resembles dyeing.
Sewing is one of the categories of [forbidden] labor.Accordingly, it is forbidden to fill a new pillow or blanket with unprocessed fabric, lest one sew it closed. On the Sabbath one may, however, return fabric that has fallen out from a pillow or blanket.

Mishneh Torah, Sabbath 22:23

8. If fabric fell out of a pillow, one is permitted to put it back, but it is forbidden to put it in the pillow for the first time.

Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 340:8

A person who dyes a thread that is four handbreadths long or fabric from which a thread of this length can be spun is liable.
A person is not liable unless the dye he uses will make a permanent [change in the article's color]. When the application of color will not have a permanent effect - e.g., one who applies red clay or vermilion to iron or brass and colors it is not liable, for it can be removed immediately without dyeing it at all. Whenever a person performs a labor that does not have a permanent effect on the Sabbath, he is not liable…

Mishneh Torah, Sabbath 9:13-14

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