How to Color Stuff Without Food Coloring

by wrentchhead in Workshop > Science

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How to Color Stuff Without Food Coloring

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many instructables require food coloring but how many of you have it??? so i made this to help you all instruct to construct!!!!

Tools/stuff

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i used salt (almost any thing whiteish and grainy works/fabric
1 pot of water
sprinkles (1 color at a time,rainbow turns brown)or fruit peels of the desired color
if you youse sprinkles, only follow steps 2-3
if you use fruit peels, follow steps 4-5.



the pic below is only for the people using peels!

Part 1

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pour enough whiteish grainy stuff(prefferably salt)or fabric into a pot of boiling water so that it is not all dissolved. drain all the water, not salt/fabric, and then mix it with alot of sprinkles until it takes that color.

Patience Test

let it dry for 30 min, ocassionally adding something to absorb ecsess moisture.

Part 1

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boil the peels with whatever you want to color untill the water is foggy or the peels are translucent.

Dry It Out!

let it dry for 30 min in the sun!