Darkened cement/mortar colour

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It can be observed in the attachment the darkened colour of this 1930s brick mortar.

The bottom left of the picture shows a more modern piece of cement which has been placed there at some point and is a more "standard" colour.

If I wanted to make up some cement which was more in keeping with the original, are there dyes which can be added to colour to make it a more darkened colour?

There's also more of a grit in it than modern sand/cement mixes.

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your original mortar is black ash,hard to replicate with dyes,you can buy black mortar and add lime for closer match,maybe even try adding ash from bbq:).
 
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