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Natural dyes require that most eggs be kept soaking in natural dye for hours to develop the color desired. Although coloring eggs with natural dyes can be a long process, it is fun to watch as the colors develop from these natural dyes. Because natural dyes require that most hard boiled eggs be kept soaking in natural dye for hours to develop the color desired, the eggs should not be eaten after sitting at room temperature for that length of time. It is advisable to hard boil extra eggs specifically for eating and refrigerate those eggs immediately for safe storage.
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| Pink | Beets or cranberries or Soak hard boiled eggs in deep red fruit juice. or Soak in frozen raspberries that have been pureed. |
| Red | Red is a difficult color to create in your kitchen. Save red onion skins and boil with eggs for 1 hour. If you would like a deeper red, remove from stove and leave egg in water overnight. |
| Purple | Soak hard boiled eggs in purple juice, such as grape juice. |
| Yellow | Turmeric spice or Ground cumin or Yellow apple peels |
| Green | Boil eggs with spinach leaves. |
| Blue | Soak in canned blueberries or pureed frozen blueberries. |
| Brown | Strong brewed coffee or Chili Powder |
If you prefer to decorate eggs without using a colored dye, consider any of the following creative ideas, but after decorating do not eat these eggs:
- Using clear drying glue, decoupage paper or colorful string around each egg.
- Color hard boiled eggs with felt markers or colorful stamps and stickers.
- Use glitter glue for the look of jewels or glue craft jewels on hard boiled eggs.
- Decorate with "puffy" paints and create colorful designs.
