How to Make Organic Colors for Holi 2014

How to Make Organic Colors on Holi 2014

Happy Holi 2014 : If you want to do your Holi more safer and herbal, then just try to make Organic (Herbal) Color for playing holi. We know that you want to learn, how to make Organi (Herbal) Colours for Holi. Here is Some ways to make Organic (Herbal) Colors on Holi.

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How to Make Blue Organic (Herbal) Colors on Holi 2014

Dry Blue Color : 

• The Jacaranda flowers can be dried in the shade and ground to obtain a beautiful blue powder. The flowers bloom in summers.
• The blue Hibiscus which is found in Kerala can be dried and powdered just like the red hibiscus.

Wet Blue Color:

• Crush the berries (fruits) of the Indigo plant and add to water for desired colour strength. In some Indigo species the leaves when boiled in water yield a rich blue. 

How to Make Red Organic (Herbal) Colors on Holi 2014

Dry Red Color: 

• Red Sandal Wood Powder / Raktachandan / Lalchandan (Pterocarpus santalinus) has a beautiful red colour, is extremely beneficial for the skin and is used in face packs, etc. This can be used instead of Red Gulal.
• Dry red hibiscus flowers in shade and powder to make a lovely red colour. To increase the bulk add any flour to it
• Sinduria, called Annato in English has a water chestnut shaped fruit which contains lovely brick colour red seeds. These yield both dry and wet colours.

Wet Red Color:

• Put 2 teaspoons of Red Sandal wood powder in a litre of water and boil. Dilute and use.
• Peels of Red Pomegranate boiled in water give red.

How to Make Green Organic (Herbal) Colors on Holi 2014

Dry Green Color:

• Use mehendi - henna powder, separately or mix with equal quantity of any suitable flour to attain a lovely green shade.
• Make use only pure mehendi and not the one mixed with amla (meant to be applied to our hair) as this would be brown in colour. Dry mehendi will not leave colour on your face as it can be easily brushed off. Only when it is a paste (i.e. it is mixed in water) will it leave a slight colour on your face. Thus, it can be used as a pucca / fast colour.
• Many people like smearing other person's hair with colours. How about doing it with mehendi powder and saving a trip to the parlour? 

Other Methods: 

• Dry and finely powder the leaves of Gulmohur (Delonix regia) tree for a green colour.
• Crush the tender leaves of the Wheat plant to obtain a natural safe green Holi colour.

Wet Green Color:

• Mix two teaspoons of mehendi in one litre of water. Stir well.
• Green colour can also be obtained by mixing a fine paste of leaves like spinach / palak, coriander / dhaniya, mint / pudina, tomato leaves, etc. in water.

How to Make to Yellow Organic (Herbal) Color 2014

Dry Yellow Color:

• Mix two teaspoons of haldi / Turmeric powder with double quantity of besan (gram flour). Haldi and besan are extremely healthy for our skin, and are also used widely as a ubtan while taking bath. 
• You can use the ordinary haldi or "kasturi" haldi which is very fragrant and has enhanced therapeutic effects. Besan can be substituted by atta, maida, rice flour, arra rot (ground nut) powder, fuller's earth (multani mitti) and even talcum powder.