How to Dye a Carnation
Flower petals have holes called stomas, which are too tiny to observe with the naked eye. When the stem of a flower is put in water, the water travels up through the stem and out these holes. If you set a white carnation in colored water, the colored water will travel up through the stem. Follow these steps to dye your carnation any color you wish.
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
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Full a vase up with cold water.
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Place a few drops of food coloring in the water. If you would like several colors of carnations, fill up different vases with different food color dyes.
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Choose a healthy, white carnation with a stem long enough to set in the vase. Cut a small piece of the stem off of the carnation on an angle at the tip.
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Put the flower into the vase of colored water.
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Check on your flower every other hour if you would like to observe the change in its color. Watch the colored water slowly travels up the stem and into the petals of your carnation.
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Remove your newly-dyed flower from the vase after about twenty four hours. You now have a beautifully dyed carnation.
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Tips & Warnings
You can also dye a carnation 2 different colors. Split the stem in half and put one half in one color of water and the other half in the other color. You will get a double colored flower.
Cold water will change the color of the carnation faster and make it a deeper color than warm water.
