Coloring Easter Eggs with Natural Dyes

http://www.livescience.com - Thursday April 17th, 2014

Easter is the time of year when many of us do something special with our breakfast food. In this experiment, we are going to use science to color eggs using natural dyes. While using natural dyes is a bit more time consuming than those little tablets you buy at the store, gathering and preparing them can be an interesting alternative.

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DIY Vegetable Fruit Dyes

Beets: 

1/2 cup pure beet juice

1 cup warm water

Spinach:

1 cup warm water

1/2 cup pure spinach juice

Carrots: 

1 cup warm water

1/2 cup pure carrot juice

Blackberry:

1 cup warm water

1/2 cup blackberry juice

Coffee:

1 cup warm water

4 tablespoons instant coffee

Strawberry:

1 cup warm water

1/2 cup strawberry juice

Be sure to use white eggs.

Happy Easter!