Natural Egg Dyes

With the many egg dyes on the market for coloring Easter eggs you may be surprised to see that you can make some really pretty easter eggs by using items that you find easily in your own kitchen or grocery store

DYE MATERIAL	COLOR RESULT
Fresh beets, cranberries, radishes or frozen raspberries	Pinkish red
Yellow onion skins	Orange
Orange or lemon peels, carrot tops, celery seed or ground cumin	Delicate yellow
Ground turmeric	Yellow
Spinach leaves	Pale green
Yellow Delicious apple peels	Green-gold
Canned blueberries or red cabbage leaves	Blue
Strong brewed coffee	Beige to brown
Dill seeds	Brown-gold
Chili powder	Brown-orange
Purple or red grape juice or beet juice	Grey

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