How To Dye Flowers. Choose the color that you want to dye your flower and add that color food coloring to the water until it becomes saturated with the color about four drops of coloring per cup. Mia Carpenter April 16 2020.
Warm water makes it work faster. Make a fixative by mixing 4 parts water to 1 part vinegar prior to dyeing. Hold the stem of the flower and dip the bloom into the dye for a few seconds and then wash it gently with fresh water.
While food coloring typically comes in a box of four colors remember that you can combine different colors to create additional ones.
Add food colouring and flowers Fill 3 cups 23 full with water. Designers control the dye results by adjusting the time the flower spends in the water. The easiest and the one with the most color selection is craft acrylic paint that you can find from your favorite local craft store. Use about 25 drops of food coloring for every four ounces of water.
