Translation

染める / 染料 / 着色する

Meaning

Dye is a substance used to change color, and as a verb it means to color something with dye. It sounds exactly like die, but die means stop living or stop working.

Examples

• 彼女は髪を暗い茶色に染めました。
  She dyed her hair dark brown.
• この染料は洗濯すると色落ちすることがあります。
  This dye may run in the wash.