# Are dual/tri-color silk filaments worth it?

Panchroma Dual Silk PLA lists the same 190–230 °C (374–446 °F) nozzle band as several plain silk rows, a bed of 25–60 °C (77–140 °F), drying at 55 °C (131 °F) for 6 h, and speed up to 250 mm/s. The comments do not say whether the look is worth the money. One says a twist that muddies a tricolor strand happens before the extruder. A separate thread about coaxial PLA and PETG is not this filament.

The comments do not say whether the look is worth the money. One says a twist that muddies a tricolor strand happens before the extruder. Panchroma Dual Silk PLA lists the same 190–230 °C (374–446 °F) nozzle band as several plain silk rows, a bed of 25–60 °C (77–140 °F), drying at 55 °C (131 °F) for 6 h, and speed up to 250 mm/s. A separate thread about coaxial PLA and PETG is not this filament.

Worth it, here, would be a price or a strength number. This catalog has neither for these three rows. [Silk PLA](/answers/silk) is the plain silk process, including the Silk+ sheet that is hotter and slower than PLA Basic. [Multicolor](/answers/multicolor) is printing more than one filament, which is a different mechanism from one strand that already contains several colors. [PLA printing](/answers/pla_print) is the base profile. [Color-to-color differences](/answers/filament_color) is why two colors of one formula can still print differently.
## The three rows

[Panchroma Dual Silk PLA](/brand/panchroma/dual-silk-pla) lists 190–230 °C (374–446 °F), a bed of 25–60 °C (77–140 °F), drying at 55 °C (131 °F) for 6 h, and speed up to 250 mm/s, from the product page checked 20 October 2026. [PrintedSolid TriColor Magic Silk PLA](/brand/printedsolid/tricolor-magic-silk-pla) stores 190–230 °C (374–446 °F) and 50–70 °C (122–158 °F) from the Open Filament Database, with no drying time. [3D Fuel Dual-Color Silk PLA+](/brand/3d-fuel/dual-color-silk-pla-plus) stores the same nozzle and bed from that database, and the material is PLA+. None of the three stores a price per kilogram.
## What the community says

[a Reddit thread in r/FixMyPrint](https://www.reddit.com/r/FixMyPrint/comments/y782tp/) says the twist is before the extruder and wants a straight path off the spool.

[a Reddit thread in r/FixMyPrint](https://www.reddit.com/r/FixMyPrint/comments/y782tp/): A comment likes the muddy result anyway.

[a Reddit thread in r/3Dprinting](https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/189athe/): is a chemist who cannot see the point of coaxial PLA and PETG and says the website does not explain it.

Updated 2026-10-22. Sources accessed 2026-10-22. Use case: PLA.

## Ranked filaments

| Rank | Filament | Nozzle | Bed | Price per kg |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Panchroma Dual Silk PLA | 190–230 °C (374–446 °F) | 25–60 °C (77–140 °F) | — |
| 2 | PrintedSolid TriColor Magic Silk PLA | 190–230 °C (374–446 °F) | 50–70 °C (122–158 °F) | — |
| 3 | 3D Fuel Dual-Color Silk PLA+ | 190–230 °C (374–446 °F) | 50–70 °C (122–158 °F) | — |

## Sources

- [Panchroma Dual Silk PLA product page](https://shop.polymaker.com/products/dual-silk-pla) (manufacturer)
- [Open Filament Database, PrintedSolid TriColor Magic Silk PLA](https://api.openfilamentdatabase.org/api/v1/brands/printedsolid/materials/PLA/filaments/tricolor_magic_silk_pla/index.json) (other)
- [Open Filament Database, 3D Fuel Dual-Color Silk PLA+](https://api.openfilamentdatabase.org/api/v1/brands/3d_fuel/materials/PLA/filaments/dual_color_silk_pla/index.json) (other)
- [Bambu PLA Silk+ technical data sheet](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0584/7236/6216/files/Bambu_PLA_Silk__Technical_Data_Sheet.pdf?v=1733472353) (datasheet)
- [a Reddit thread in r/FixMyPrint](https://www.reddit.com/r/FixMyPrint/comments/y782tp/) (reddit)
- [a Reddit thread in r/3Dprinting](https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/189athe/) (reddit)
- [a Reddit thread in r/3Dprinting](https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/1gsgxox/) (reddit)
- [a Reddit thread in r/FixMyPrint](https://www.reddit.com/r/FixMyPrint/comments/18goidn/) (reddit)
- [a Reddit thread in r/3Dprinting](https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/rvijr3/) (reddit)

HTML: https://filamentfacts.com/answers/dual_color_silk