Gathering around the table for dying Easter eggs is fun for the whole family. If your looking for a natural way to dye your Easter eggs we have some great options for your to choose from. Skip the food coloring and those silly little tablets, instead use natural ingredients that you already have at home. Coffee, beets, cabbage, turmeric, blueberries and even chili powder can be used to color those eggs. Careful with the chili powder around the little one’s, we don’t want them getting any in their eye’s. Follow the instructions below to Naturally dye your Easter Eggs with Coffee and more.
Dye Recipes
All recipes include 1 quart of water and 2 tablespoons of white vinegar, plus the dyeing agent of your choice (dyeing agents listed below). Combine all ingredients into a heavy bottomed pot and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for approximately 30 minutes before straining the mixture into a bowl and cooling to room-temperature.
Dyeing Agents
- Red-cabbage dye: 4 cups chopped red cabbage
- Turmeric dye: 3 tablespoons ground turmeric
- Chili Powder dye: 2 Tablespoons chili powder
- Beet dye: 4 cups chopped beets
- Coffee dye: 1 quart strong black coffee (instead of water)
- Wine dye: 2 cups red wine (instead of water)
Color Guide
The following are suggestions for your natural dye egg colors. Colors can end up lighter or deeper depending on the length of time you soak them. Deeper colors come from overnight soaking while lighter, more pastel shades show up when eggs are soaked for shorter time frames. Mixing the dyes and soak times can create great color combinations.
Light Green: Soak eggs in room-temperature turmeric solution for 30 minutes. Then soak in room-temperature red-cabbage solution for 15 seconds.
Dark Blue: Soak eggs overnight in room-temperature red-cabbage solution.
Light Purple: Soak eggs in room-temperature beet solution for 30 minutes. Then soak in room-temperature red-cabbage solution for 30 seconds.
Pink: Soak eggs in room-temperature beet solution for 30 minutes.
Orange: Soak eggs in room-temperature chili powder solution for 30 minutes.
Bright Gold: Soak eggs in room-temperature turmeric solution for 30 minutes
Brown: Boil eggs in black coffee for 30 minutes
Deep Purple: Soak eggs in wine solution overnight
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