Can we make food coloring out of natural ingredients?

Hi Bakers!

 Tomorrow is Earth Day 🌎 and I was wondering if we could use lovely natural ingredients to make food coloring. Here are some ideas:


Red - beets, strawberry, raspberries
Orange- Carrots, paprika
Yellow- Turmeric
Green- Matcha, Spinach
Blue- Blueberies (diluted) Red Cabbage + Baking Soda
Purple- Blueberries (concentrated), taro root

We can boil, mash, or blend these ingredients with water to extract the color and make a solution.

Have you ever tried this? We may try to make blue and yellow tomorrow. Feel free to experiment with proper adult supervision at home.

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