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Easter Egg Dye with Color Chart

How to dye Easter eggs with homemade Easter egg dye. Dye Easter eggs naturally with food coloring and vinegar; includes a color chart of brilliant colors.

 

Yield

1 servings

Prep

5 min

Cook

0 min

Ready

5 min

How to dye Easter eggs with homemade Easter egg dye.
Dye Easter eggs naturally with food coloring and vinegar; includes a color chart of brilliant colors.

Why use boiling water when dyeing Easter eggs?

When dyeing Easter eggs, it's important to use boiling water, here's why.

Better dye absorption: When you submerge an egg in boiling water, the heat causes the eggshell to expand slightly, which allows the dye to penetrate more deeply into the shell.

This results in more vibrant and even colors on the dyed eggs.

Why is vinegar added when dyeing Easter eggs?

When dyeing Easter eggs, vinegar is added to the dye solution to help the color adhere to the eggshell.

The acidity of the vinegar enhances the dye's ability to penetrate and color the eggshell more effectively.

Without vinegar, the dye may not stick as well to the eggshell, resulting in a less vibrant and uneven color.

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
¼ teaspoon food coloring
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¾ cup water
boiling, for each color
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1 tablespoon vinegar
for each color
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
1.3 ml food coloring
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177 ml water
boiling, for each color
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15 ml vinegar
for each color
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Directions

For each color, measure food color, water and vinegar into bowl about size of a cereal bowl. Mix well with spoon, use separate spoon for each color.

To make orange dye, mix equal amounts of red and yellow. To make purple dye, mix blue and red. To make green dye, mix blue and yellow.

Following each color listed below, you will find the number of drops of each food coloring to be added to about 2 to 4 ounces of vinegar for dipping.

Lime - 24 yellow, 4 green

Pretty Purple - 15 blue, 5 red

Cantaloupe - 24 yellow, 2 red

Jade - 17 green, 3 blue

Plum - 10 red, 4 blue

Spearmint - 12 green, 6 yellow, 2 blue

Raspberry - 14 red, 6 blue

Maize - 24 yellow, 1 red

Watermelon - 25 red, 2 blue

Teal - 15 green, 5 blue

Grape - 17 blue, 3 red

Fuchsia - 18 red, 2 blue

Orange Sunset - 17 yellow, 3 red

Jungle Mint Green - 14 green, 6 yellow

To make larger volumes, just keep the ratio the same (for example, Lime is 24 parts yellow to 4 parts green; a ratio of 6 to 1).

Easter Egg Color Chart

For more in-depth selection of colors refer to our Easter Food Coloring Chart Guide



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Comments


Madison

It worked and the colors were great! A simple quick recipe to try.

Claire

Great Recipe! The colors on my Easter eggs are BEAUTIFUL! Thanks for the advice on the colors!!

jason United States

it worked very well and easy enough for dad tol figure out and do, haha, lol

anonymous

it works!!!!!!!!

anonymous

This worked great and the colors are beautiful try so much for this I really enjoyed it and so did my family

anonymous

Why boiling water?

 

 

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 193g (6.8 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 20% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 0g 0%
Saturated Fat 0g 0%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 7mg 0%
Total Carbohydrate 0g 0%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Sugars g
Protein 0g
Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 1% Iron 0%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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