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Dyed beads can bleed color out onto your hands or clothing. For this reason it is important to test your beads to see if they have been dyed before using or selling.  Some stones such as dyed lapis , which s not genuine lapis can be very bad about bleeding the color out and are a mess to work with! I placed the dyed oyster shell necklace on a white paper towel after wetting it down and looked for color to bleed out. I could find no color bleeding out. Then I rubbed it with a wet q-tip. Again I could find no color bleeding out. Therefore my conclusion is that if it bleeds at all it is very little. I would still be careful to check and disclose everything.  Quality is important especially with dyed beads and stones!