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Dyeing eggs with natural colors. Made with just water, vinegar, salt, spices, tea, berries, vegetables and onion skins! Works best with white eggs, and also works with both raw and cooked eggs - just make sure there are no cracks in the shells.
I didn’t measure any ingredients for most of these but simply added hot water to the spices in a jar, a splash of vinegar and a pinch of salt. The cabbage and onion skins I boiled for about 10 minutes, then added vinegar and a pinch of salt, then let it cool and strain before putting in the eggs. To get the marbled effect I wrapped the eggs in yellow and red onion skins, wrapped them tightly in fabric with some blueberries inside and then placed in a dye bath with onion skins. Most of them dyed for about 2-3 hours, some of them overnight.
The dark grey ones you see here are colored with blueberry powder (from freeze dried blueberries). Blueberry powder makes colors from light grey to a dark grey or purple grey color, depending on how long you leave them in for and what kind of powder you use. I used two different kinds. You can of course use frozen or fresh blueberries instead if you don't have blueberry powder! Red cabbage makes a light blue or teal (with baking soda added) to deep blues. You can also use coffee or tea, and I’ve seen some use spinach, parsley and even red wine!
How to dye eggs with red cabbage
2 cups (500 ml) chopped red cabbage
4 cups (1 litre) of water
2 tbsp vinegar
Pinch of salt
1-2 tsp baking soda
Combine chopped cabbage and water in a large pot. Let it come to a boil and simmer for about 10 minutes. Add the vinegar and salt and let cool, then strain. Divide between two jars. If you wish to make the eggs more of a teal color, add about 1-2 tsp baking soda to one of the jars, and an extra splash of vinegar. Place the eggs in the jars and leave them for 20 minutes up to overnight. The longer you leave them in the more color they will get. The darkest and most colorful ones here were left to dye overnight. If you want to make the eggs marbled, you can pick them up from the dye bath every now and rub them gently with your fingers. When you are happy with the color, gently pat the eggs dry with a paper towel. Leave to dry completely.
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Lenses: Canon 50mm 1.2 and Canon 24-70mm 2.8
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Dark grey linen from Linen Tales (linentales.com)
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