Red cabbage gives blue. Beetroot is pink. Use the juice. Together purple. Turmeric is dark yellow. Spirulina is dark green. Together bright green. Carbon is black. Cocoa is brown. All used as powder.

You should do a follow up video as to how they look after a two month period, after the soap has cured.

I really enjoyed this tutorial. I love the natural colors and I especially enjoy your intelligent and patient mode of teaching. You say just enough for us to learn and each time you do something the message is completely clean. Thank you.

love the natural colors!!

I cannot tell you how timely this is! I was just doing research today about natural colorants! Thank you!

I really like how the soaps turned out!

If the soap gels the colors turn out much more vibrant. These soaps obviously did not gel. I do very much appreciate your video! I get more of a gray/purple when I use alkanet root, and I don't infuse the oil, I just add the powder right in

GREAT JOB CATHY!!!! Loved the whole video. Gives everyone a good idea of how the colors turn out. Excellent as always. Oh and Thank You!!!

This is amazing. Thk u. I am looking forward to more tuts on natural colorants.

You are so kind! It is thanks enough that you are enjoying and learning from my videos (:

Thanks for sharing! I just started working with natural colorants. I posted a video using five different powdered herbs (black walnut haul, woad, comfrey leaf, safflower and madder root). It is nice to see the various shades we can get when we gel or not gel. I insulated my mold to have the soap gel.

The slower process of saponification with CP gives the indigo colour more time to develop. It wil get more blue then green over time as oxidation is an importat part of the dyeing process in the case of indigo. I'd add more indigo powder anyway, as I love the brisker colours. Alkanet fades over time; it changes from a deep purple to red-cabbage first, but may dissappear totally if not kept in the dark. HTH :)

I use these as my colors exclusively. They do change through the cure.

Just saw your video Linda, it is fantastic! Looking forward to seeing your results too (:

Thank you, Catie. I'll be making a follow-up video soon, xx Linda

That's awesome ~ I need natural ingredients not chemical additives or colors ~ this is very helpful!

It is available at Soap Making Resource

Thanks so much for sharing!!! Lov u

i think you just helped me figure out why my alkanet powder soap is so dark thank you!

Love it!

Interesting indeed!

Than you. That is very helpful.

That is one way to do it.

C thank you so much for your generosity and talent for sharing information! Wish there was something the class could do for you as a thank you.

I love the variation the colorants make, almost like a swirl in itself. Will you be showing how to do infusions sometime?

Thx Teach! Always Great!

very nice. Thank you

Thanks a lot, I've been thinking about coloring my soaps naturally, just haven't seen it in any instructive movie yet! Strange how the indigo looks green instead of blue.

I recently did a soap with Moroccan red clay. At first I was disappointed because it was more of a beige color. After about 2 weeks into the cure it darkened up a bit becoming more of an earthy red more reminiscent of the Moroccan red clay. . . Now I have a question about a not so common potential soap color. I found powdered ube. It is a purple potato much like the sweet potato. I was wondering if it would need an oil infusion then strained or if I could add it straight to my hot process? Thank you for all your wonderful videos! You are amazing!

I dont know how you infuse or use your alkanet root but my soaps with alkanet turn out a nice purple

so helpful!

thanks so much for sharing!!. Do you know it does the hit changes the colur?. I have done cold and hot process and I have seen that cold process reduces a lot the intensity of the colorants, what do you say? Do you think that the colour will be ok for hot process?

Love the purples too! No these did not gel.

If you use alkanet again try gelling the soap. It really makes it pop :)

helping so much :) Thank you

Thanks Teach! I've been wondering about the color difference between woad & indigo. I have Moroccan red clay & keep forgetting to use it. Will infusing the powders in oil affect color intensity?

Nice TY❤

hi do you use some of your oils and add the clays to them then combine it to your lye recipe

Can these clay and root been used for making eye shadows?

thank you great video as usual, my sound system is terrible, so can't understand everything you say. what would be the INCI for moroccan clay and where would I find it please?

Alkanet is my favorite to work with. Did you gel these?

Oooh it's amazing ❤❤, can i know about which type of color you use, is it mica or what

I assume forcing a gel make the colours more vibrant

Thanks Cath !! :D x Mariella x

Congratulations

Have you ever tried onion in your soap?

Teach...question: you said 75% olive, and 25% coconut produces a pure white bar. What about canola and palm? I have palm...out of coconut and can't use olive becuz of allergy issues. Will that give a white bar, if not what will?

where can I purchase the colors for soap making also, where can i get the scented oils..any particular scent oil work best?

I just ordered some indigo, alkanet, parsley, rose hips, spinach and madder powders at Etsy. Is there a quick way to tell if the powders are genuine, as opposed to powdered tempera paint? thanks. It's probably fine.

HOW do you take the plants and infuse them with the oils? How? I don't see that part? Did I miss something?

Gelling is chemical process that makes soap "cook." Saponification (turning oils into soap) causes heat; the heat spreads throughout the soap. Put your soap in the oven to force gel or cover with towels and put on a heating pad. In a warm room, or in soaps w/ sugars added (milk/beer), gel is likely to happen on its own. If you don't want gel, put your soap into the freezer for 2hrs then overnight in the fridge. Give it a few days to thaw and reharden before you try to remove it from the mold.

Hey I want to know is mica same thing people put in EPOXY resin

so sorry i am new to soaping and like to know what is gelling? i been reading this lot lately and only thing i can think is putting in oven am i right?

Can you use flower pollen as a natural colorants?

If you cover your soap and force it through a gell phase, you will get richer colours

thanks for the demo. The only colors that are actually pretty are the morocan clay and the madder root, all the others are just different shades of grey IMO, I would not advise the use of Indigo because lots of people have allergic reaction to it, I'm one of those people I get a terrible itch and redness when indigo touches my skin so beware.

why does the vanilla fragrance soap makes your water brown

Screens vary, could you describe the results, indigo looks green to me! I'm sure it's not. Thanks

Oh, sorry, Catie, I didn't realise you were doing natural colourants - I've just done a video doing infusing natural herbs and spices - oh dear!!!! Like minds think alike and all that lol xxx Linda

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Can I use rose powder ..carrot powder...alovera leaf powder to colour the soap please???

hmmm, the woad looks kind of gray. I haven't tried it yet because it's so pricey. I thought it was supposed to be more of a baby bluish. Looks more gray than blue to me.

I don't like the uneven tone of the deposits

I can use those colors in glycerin soaps...melt and pour 😳🤓🤓🤓🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Alkanet root is rather disappointing. I've done an extensive test - see here (not allowed to place a link here so exchange the (dot) for a "." : mijnalbum(dot)nl/Album=NHB4VXDV) text is in Dutch, but I think you get the idea. It has all to do with the pH - needs to be high - as soon as the saponification process is done, you start losing colour. It fades almost completely if not kept in the dark. for a bright orange/yellow colour I like to use annato seed powder.

If there is other way like to learn from you, if you do not mind

WHY DON'T THEY MIX ALL EVEN?