Friday, April 2, 2010

How to prepare natural colors?

Ayurveda has taken into account the significance of ‘Palash”(Butea frondosa) flowers. Its use helps in eradicating various disorders of cough bilious human leprosy fiver strangury fever strangury flatulence and blood. Natural orange color increases the blood. It not only keeps our muscles strong and robust but also helps in enhancing our also helps in enhancing our will power and mental faculties.
Here are a few methods to prepare other natural colors.
Dry green colors: (1) Henna power can be used exclusively or alternatively with an mixture of wheat flour. Dry henna doesn’t turn the skin red. Only when applied wet it colors the skin red.
(2) A mixture of henna powers and Amla (the emblic myrlobalan) powers makes brown hue which is good for the hair.
Liquid green color: Dissolve two spoonfuls of henna powders in one liter water.
Dry yellow color: (1) four spoonfuls of besan (gram flour) added to two spoonfuls of turmeric makes dry yellow color that also acts as good butane a cosmetic paste used for rubbing on the body. Instead of ordinary turmeric even Kasturi turmeric an be used for good aroma. In place of besan one can also use wheat whole flour Maida (very fine flour) rice flour corn flour or multani a kind of soft clay.
(2) Powder of dry yellow flowers of Amaltaas the India Laburnaum Cassia fistula and Marigold that are considered good for the skin when mixed with any king of flour gives natural yellow color.
Liquid yellow color: (1) Tow spoonfuls of turmeric powder bolied in tow liter water makes very goods yellow colors.
(2) Soak yellow flowers of Amaltaas the Indian Laburnaum cassia fistula and Marigold overnight in water and boil the same in the morning to get liquid yellow color.
Dry red color: (1) Instead of red gulal it is better to use natural color of red sandal powder.
(2) Both dry as well as liquid colors can be pared for the powder form the powder of dry red Guldhal shoe flower.
Liquid red color: (1) Two spoonfuls red sandal powder boiled in one liter water gives beautiful red color.
(2) The skin of red pomegranate bolied in water also gives red color.
Purple color: The best root bolied in water good purple color. Black color: Amla Powder soaked over right in an iron utensil gives black colors.

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