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How to change color of flowers

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How to change color of flowers

Be in charge of the color of cut flowers from your florist: learn how to change the color of flowers.

The easiest way to become creative in coloring flowers is to get some white carnations like in the picture above and add some food color in their water. Let them suck a bit, take them out of the die and see what happens. If you let them to long into a green color, the flowers does turn out looking like celery leaves:

How to color flowers

How to color flowers green

 

You don’t have to start with white carnations though, any long stemmed white flower that you put in a food or aniline dye will become more colorful afterwards.

If you are a bit more adventurous, place your flowers – choose flowers with colors this time – over a basin of water which contains a very small amount of ammonia in a bell glass. The flower petals will usually change color:

  • many violet-colored petals will change to green,
  • red colors will become green,
  • white will turn yellow and
  • dark carmine will turn black.

Violet-colored asters can be moistened with a very mild solution of nitric acid. The ray florets will not only turn red but will also
acquire a pleasant scent.

Especially if you need to keep your kids entertained indoors these winter days, teach them how to change the color of flowers using food dye.