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Posted by: 122 (Guest), March 20, 2011, 7:00pm

obtained from http://www.care2.com/greenliving/homemade-natural-easter-egg-dyes.html

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Homemade Dyes

Blue
Canned blueberries and their juice
Purple grape juice
Red cabbage leaves (boil w/eggs)

Red
Red onion skins, use a lot (boil w/eggs)
Pomegranate juice

Yellow
Lemon or orange peel (boil w/eggs)
Carrot tops (boil w/eggs)
Celery seed (boil w/eggs)
Ground cumin (boil w/eggs)
Ground turmeric (boil w/eggs)

Green
Spinach leaves (boil w/eggs)

Orange
Yellow onion skins (boil w/eggs)

Pink
Beets, fresh or canned
Cranberries or cranberry juice
Raspberries
Red grape juice

Violet Blue
Violet blossoms
Red onion skins, less amount than you need to make red (boil w/eggs)

Lavender
Diluted purple grape juice
Violet blossoms plus squeeze of lemon (boil w/eggs)

Brown
Strong coffee
Instant coffee
Black walnut shells (boil w/eggs)

Yellow Green
Bright green apple peels (boil w/eggs)

Yellow Brown
Dill seeds (boil w/eggs)


Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/031763_Easter_food_dyes.html#ixzz1HCAdg0wN
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