RE: Natural colours

[Guest guest]

It depends on what you're using it for, and which plants you're thinking

of. Some will keep their color during processing; some won't. Do yo

uhave more specific details to offer?

Marcia

Hi all

I need advice on natural colours. I thought of buying a food dehydrator

and

use fruits with dark colours/ dehydrate it / ground it and use this

powder

as a natural colour.

Do you think it would work??

Rania

[Guest guest]

Hi Rania, yes it works. I use beet powder to color my lip balms

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> Hi all

>

> I need advice on natural colours. I thought of buying a food dehydrator and

> use fruits with dark colours/ dehydrate it / ground it and use this powder

> as a natural colour.

>

> Do you think it would work??

>

> Rania

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks Anita

I tired beet in my soap but it turned orange J but I used real beet – boiled

it and too its water. Boy this one didn’t withstand the lye. It turned orange

in seconds J

[Guest guest]

Hi Marcia

I will use the natural colours in my CP soaps. I tried safflower, calendula,

lemon leaves, parsley, turmeric and chamomile. I infused them in olive oil and

put them in a warm bath for several hours.

Result: pale orange and yellow.

Rania

[Guest guest]

Hi Rania: Some of the plants that work to color CP soaps include those

you mentioned plus: alfalfa powder, annatto seeds/powder, cinnamon,

cocoa, hibiscus, orange peel, paprika, alkanet, indigo root, mustard

seed, spinach, comfrey root, maybe there's more. The more herb you cram

into that oil the more color you'll get, obviously. Even so, most of

thse produce fairly light colors. Marcia

Hi Marcia

I will use the natural colours in my CP soaps. I tried safflower,

calendula, lemon leaves, parsley, turmeric and chamomile. I infused them

in olive oil and put them in a warm bath for several hours.

Result: pale orange and yellow.

Rania