How to Make Holi Colors Naturally at Home!

This Holi avoid using synthetic Holi colours and chemical dyes in this Holi. If you are wondering how to make natural Holi colors at home then read then blog.

Green Dry Colour: 

1. Mehendi and henna powder can be used either separately or blended together in equal quantity of any flour to get vibrant green shade.
2. Crushed tender leaves of the Wheat plant are also used for attaining natural green Holi colour.
3. Dry and finely powdered leaves of Gulmohur tree are also used for a green Holi colour.

Green Wet colour: 

1. Dissolve two teaspoons of Mehendi in one litre of water and stir it well.
2. Add two teaspoons of Henna powder in one litre of water and stir it well. You can also add more henna powder as per desired intensity of colour.
3. Green colour of holi can also be achieved by mixing fine paste of leaves like palak (spinach), tomato leaves, coriander / dhaniya, mint / pudina in water.

Red Dry Colour:

1. Red Sandal Wood Powder (Raktachandan), Lalchandan has a beautiful red colour. It is very beneficial for the skin. This can be used in place of Red Gulal.
2. Dried flowers of red hibiscus are powdered to make a beautiful red colour. To increase the quantity, add white flour to it.

Red Wet Colour:

1. Put two teaspoons of Red Sandalwood powder in 1 litre of water and boil it. Cool and use it.
2. Peels of Pomegranate boiled in water. Lovely red colour water is obtained. 

Yellow Dry Colour:

1. Mix four teaspoons of Turmeric (haldi) powder with double quantity of besan (gram flour).
2. Besan can be substituted by any other flour like wheat flour, rice flour, maida, arra rot (ground nut) powder and fuller's earth (multani mitti).

Yellow Wet Colour 

1. Two teaspoon of haldi is disolved in two litres of water and stir well. Boil this water to increase the concentration of colour and further dilute for bulk qauntity.
2. Soak Marigold / Gainda (Tagetus erecta) flowers and Amaltas (Cassia fistula) in water. Boil and leave it for overnight.

Blue Dry Colour

1. Dried flowers of Jacaranda are grinded to obtain a beautiful blue colour. It can be used as blue gulal.
2. The blue Hibiscus is also dried and powdered just like red hibiscus.

Blue Wet Colour 

1. Crushed berries (fruits) of Indigo plant are added to water and obtain desired color strength. It can be boiled in water to attain rich dark blue colour.

Magenta Wet Colour

1. Peel Beet root and overnight soak in 1 litre of water for a brilliant magenta colour.
2. Boil the peels of pink onions in water and get orangish-pink colour.

Saffron Wet Colour

1. Boil flower petals of red Semul or Silk Cotton flowers in water for attaining saffron colour.

Brown Wet Colour

1.  Kattha (Acacia catechu), when mixed in water gives deep brownish colour.
2. Boil 20-25 Tea or Coffee leaves in 1 litre of water. Cool and use.

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