Mesorat%20hashas for Mikvaot 7:3

הֵדִיחַ בּוֹ סַלֵּי זֵיתִים וְסַלֵּי עֲנָבִים, וְשִׁנּוּ אֶת מַרְאָיו, כָּשֵׁר. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, מֵי הַצֶּבַע פּוֹסְלִין אוֹתוֹ בִשְׁלשָׁה לֻגִּין, וְאֵינָן פּוֹסְלִין אוֹתוֹ בְשִׁנּוּי מַרְאֶה. נָפַל לְתוֹכוֹ יַיִן, וּמֹחַל, וְשִׁנּוּ אֶת מַרְאָיו, פָּסוּל. כֵּיצַד יַעֲשֶׂה. יַמְתִּין לוֹ עַד שֶׁיֵּרְדוּ גְשָׁמִים וְיַחְזְרוּ מַרְאֵיהֶן לְמַרְאֵה הַמָּיִם. הָיוּ בוֹ אַרְבָּעִים סְאָה, מְמַלֵּא בַכָּתֵף וְנוֹתֵן לְתוֹכוֹ עַד שֶׁיַּחְזְרוּ מַרְאֵיהֶן לְמַרְאֵה הַמָּיִם:

If one rinsed baskets of olives or baskets of grapes in it [in a <i>mikveh</i>] and they changed its appearance, it is valid. Rabbi Yose says: dyed waters invalidate it if there are three <i>log</i> of them, but they do not invalidate it due to a change in appearance. If wine or olive juices fell into it and they changed its appearance, it is invalid. What should one do [in such a case]? One should wait until it rains and its appearance returns to that of water. If it contained forty <i>se'ah</i> [of valid waters], one can fill [water] by one's shoulder [i.e. drawn waters which one carried over] and add them into it, until its appearance returns to that of water.

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