How to prepare natural dyes for eggs

Everyone knows that fruits, vegetables and herbs get their bright color due to the pigments they contain. So why? chemicalizeWhat if nature gave us so many gifts?

Today, on the eve of the brightest holiday of spring, the editorial office "Site" Have prepared for you, dear reader, a few excellent ways, as possible. paint using natural dyes. Absolutely harmless, and the colors are bright and rich!





Since early childhood, I remember my mother and grandmother. stained eggs with onion husks. With this simple method, it was possible to obtain a range of shades from pale orange to saturated brown.

But the fact that Easter eggs with the help of natural dyes can be given green, red, yellow and even blue color – I learned relatively recently. This is truly a find!





Natural dyes for eggs

1. Bright sunny yellow color can be obtained with a decoction of turmeric. To do this, add 2-3 tablespoons of turmeric to a small container with hot water. For the color to be more saturated, the water must be boiled. In the resulting broth, you can cook eggs (you will get a more saturated color), and just soak boiled ones.
   
   
   
   
2. Chamomile gives a delicate yellow color, it can be boiled and strained or cooked eggs together with bags of chamomile pharmacy.
   
   
   
   
3. In order to paint the eggs in bright red, you will need a decoction of bark or cherry branches. Boil bark or twigs of cherries, let it brew for several hours (it is better to boil and leave overnight), be sure to strain, and then cook in this infusion of eggs. If the decoction of cherry bark is made weak, respectively, the eggs will turn pink.
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. Red cabbage - this is what will help to paint the eggs in an amazing soft blue color. For staining, you need to sew a cabbage head, transfer it to a pan and pour water (about 0.5 liters). Bring the broth to a boil, then cook on a slow heat for 45 minutes. Remove the pot from the fire, let the cabbage cool completely, and then take it out of the water.
   
   Pour 4 tablespoons of vinegar into the resulting broth, drop hard-boiled eggs into the pan (with a white shell). Keep the eggs in the broth for about 3 hours.
   
   
   
   
   
   
5. Beets will color egg shells in red with a purple hue. And with a decrease in the concentration and number of pieces of beet, it is easy to get a rich pink.
   
   
   
   
6. Spinach can be used to get a green tint of eggs. Spinach should be finely cut (frozen is also good), poured with water to cover, and then cooked eggs in this liquid for half an hour.
   
   
   
   
7. Grape juice will give yours Easter eggs A gentle lavender hue.
   
   
   
   

Before staining eggs, they must be washed in soda solution for degreasing. And do not forget the mandatory rule - add vinegar to natural paints. It is he who eats the shell, making the surface more rough and susceptible to dyes.

It is better to paint eggs three days before Easter, on Clean Thursday.







Eggs painted in this way look fantastic, and most importantly – no chemistry! It is important to note that the intensity of the color directly depends on the amount of coloring substance and the time of coloring. By the way, green-painted eggsYou can easily add a beautiful pattern with the help of leaflets and not only.

Be sure to share these wonderful ways of painting Easter eggs with your friends on social networks, they will be grateful for them!