HOW TO MAKE NATURAL DYE WITH SPINACH | ORGANIC COLOR | GREEN
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 มิ.ย. 2024
- Spinach is a natural way to create green dye for your textile and craft projects by using food from your kitchen or garden. Did you forget the spinach in the back of your fridge? Even better! Wilted leaves that are past their prime can help coax out that green dye. This tutorial will show you how to brew a subtle green dye, as well as the resulting color swatch samples (cotton & silk) with various mordants.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction - Spinach dye
1:30 Supplies
2:20 How to make dye
5:30 Color samples on cotton & silk
6:07 Sneak peek of next tutorial
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Spinach
Baking soda
Cutting board
Pot with lid
Knife
Spoon
Measuring cup
Measuring spoon
Strainer
Storage container
Mason jar
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I just love your idea about natural dye omg I love the cabbage video and after that I can't cantrol my to see all the other videos in just one day and I am also making some notes for my future projects ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Yay - this makes me so happy, Sanjna! Working with natural dyes is so addictive, so I'm very excited to share this passion with you. Hope your future dye projects are a wonderful experience - let me know how things go 💚
subtle, pretty
Understated beauty for sure 😘
Very helpful! Thank you.
My pleasure, Cindy!
Fun!! I’m starting this journey today!!❤❤
You are in for a wild ride - enjoy!
This was soooo helpful.! Thank u
Yay! So happy to hear 💚
Amazing ..thankyou , its useful for my environmental studies project ...and music made the video more exciting to watch 💝
You are very welcome! Love when art and science intersect 💚 Happy to hear the music made it a bit sweeter 😉
this is so cool I didnt know someone dedicages in dying I use to dye all my clothes in HS specially when I graduated I dyed all my uniform from white to all sorts of color this really helps, thank yoj for making this video
Thanks so much, Jether - welcome to Color Quest 💚 Although spinach is a fun way to start, there are so many other ways to welcome natural color that may be better suited for an avid dyer like yourself. Hope you will peruse the library here to see what other ideas may be sparked in your dye pot!
Thank you so much for this
You are very welcome, Roxannie! Enjoy the green 💚
New Sunnis here From the SE UK ... wonderful find for me!
Welcome to Color Quest, Vanessa! So happy to have you join our community 🌼
Thank you so much, you're a big help for my research!
So happy the video is helpful to you, Riana 🙂 Best of luck with your research!
Nice to see the video..
Thank you very much - nice to have you stop by Color Quest 💚
Thanks for so colorful comments
Your channel looks so professional I don’t know how you only have like 800 subs
You are very kind - thank you! I only started my channel in October of 2020 and it takes a long time to build your community, so I will keep producing the best content I can and hope that subscribers will follow 💕
No prob! This vid was a great help!
@@Nbtxty Sweet! Best of luck 💚
New to your channel and looking forward to watching more videos. I mostly dye paper … should I mordant it when dyeing?
Welcome to Color Quest, Lisa - so happy you are here! Yes, I mordant paper for dyeing, and I have found cold soaks work better. Alum is a great choice. I've also used soy milk as a binder. I have a video here where I compare a few mordants for paper when dyeing with rose petals (Feb 26 2021). Check it out 🌹
Hi Margaret, I was wondering if you had any experience using spinach as a leave-in hair dye. Would avocado help at all with color + emulsifying? Thanks for your time!
Hi Drew! I'm sorry to say I've had no experience with botanical hair dye. Based on the very subtle color results from spinach, however, I would be surprised if it could truly color hair. The application in this video is meant for textile 😊 For avocado, the fruit is not used for dye, but rather the skins and pits which make beautiful pink and peach colors - no green. Indigo would work for hair dye (blue) and fresh leaf indigo could potentially work as a greenish blue, but those may be harder to come by. Best of luck!
I really enjoy your videos. You do a fantastic job. I need a bit of help. At the end of your Spinach video, where you show the fabric swatches, you label the results using a mordant of soy milk or alum. My question is how much of either the soy milk or the alum should I use? I want to dye cotton cheese cloth and a Fat Quarter of muslin, and also I’d like to dye some paper. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much for your kind words, Kathy! I pre-treat my textile with the mordants I show in the samples. You can find videos here on my channel on both alum and soy milk mordants which give the ratios and instructions. For cellulose fibers, I truly love using soy milk and have often gotten better results than with alum on cotton, but it is highly dependent on the natural dye you use - they each of their own unique character. One of the best combinations is a 3 step process with tannin-alum-tannin for pre-treatment, but it obviously takes time. For paper, I also pre-treat it with a mordant to help with the bond and soak it in a warm dye bath for longer periods of time. You can see an example of that in my video 'Rose Petal Dye' where I use paper as my substrate. Please reach out with any questions 💕
Love ur content! ❤️❤️ Would like if u could elaborate upon how to make the different type of cotton swatches and the varying result of dying in them.. And cudnt really see the end result clearly..
Hi Geetika! Thank you for your kind words 💕 and I'm so happy you are enjoying the content. I will be releasing videos in the coming month about types of textiles and mordant options - so keep an eye out for those. As you might know, different types of textile respond differently to each dye, and often differently each time you dye. In my art practice, I always dye both protein and cellulose fibers together so I can see the range of colors they will make in a certain dye. Mordants can also make a color difference, but with spinach, I didn't see much variation in color. Please note, the green is very light, so that is probably why you had trouble seeing it. This is why I place it on a white plate so there is value difference for viewers to see.
@@MargaretByrdColorQuest All the best for your channel👍🙏❤️
@@geetikalohani7410 You are sweet - thank you! Hope to see what beauty you are dyeing too, Geetika 😊
i wonder if you could just use color theory and mix a natural indigo dye with a natural turmeric yellow dye to get your darker green? However for a pastel green this is definitely the way to go!! great channel! just subscribed!!
Thanks so much, Tori - great to have you here! You are absolutely correct with your color theory 'theory'. Instead of mixing the dyes themselves, however, an over-dyeing technique is typically used by completely dyeing fiber with one of the colors and then using the second color to dye on top. I've made some greens with indigo and pericon, for example, and it works beautifully 💚
Hello. I watch every video. I am also a dyer of natures gifts.
I watch the spinach video. Did you put it in the refrigerator or pantry, I couldn’t tell.
Thanks for sharing all your knowledge & kindness
God bless. Marilyn
Hi Marilyn - Thank you for joining here at Color Quest 💚 Isn't natural dyeing dreamy? I save almost all of my dyes for future exhaust baths, so I store my dyes in the fridge. Here's to a happy dye pot in your studio 🌼
Thank you for sharing. I just want to know why did you put soda.
You are most welcome, Gaiane. I like to add baking soda to shift the pH of the dye to a more alkaline state. Sometimes that can 'deepen' the green, but it is not necessary. It is tough to get good solid greens with natural colors without using iron as a modifier.
Hi! Loved watching this video, I was wondering if you heated up the spinach dye before soaking your fabric in to extract more color?
Thanks for watching, Sydney! Yes, typically the best way to dye textiles is with a heated dye. Make sure to soak your textiles first in water so they go into the dye pot wet, and simmer for at least an hour. Don't let the dye boil - slow heat is best, and you can let the textile soak while the dye is cooling. I often leave the textile in overnight or longer. Be warned, spinach dye is a very subtle color. You will not get a deep green, but it is quite pretty 💚
@@MargaretByrdColorQuest Thank you so much, this was so helpful!
@@sydneyw4504 You are so welcome!
I’m not understanding when you add the mordant
@@vickieubank7979 Hi Vicki! Depending on which mordant you choose, you have a few options. 1) You can pre-treat your textile before you put it in the dye so your fiber is ready to go. This is what I have done with the textile samples I show here in the video (the mordant process was not in this video). 2) You can also do an 'all-in-one' mordant process where you add the mordant to the dye itself and then add the fiber. If you choose alum as your mordant, this can be done either way. If you choose soy milk as a 'mordant', you have to pre-treat your textile before dyeing. You can find a video on my channel on how to pre-treat with alum. I will be releasing a video in the coming months on how to pre-treat with soy milk. I hope this helps you!
Can I dye any any fabric with it? I want to dye my white skirt green because I want an irish skirt
Hi Keilidh! It is recommended to use 100% natural fiber when you dye with organic colors. You also should pre-mordant your textile before you dye to help with the bond. Wool and silk typically bond with plant matter dye better than cotton, but with a pre-mordant (like alum, tannin, soy milk), you can have some great success. As you can see in the video, the colors I achieved were very light, so it is a subtle green. Feel free to email me if you have more questions. Best of luck!
Nettel or chards or bittervgreens like chicory makes deeper greens
All great other options to choose from 💚 Unfortunately, the nettles in my area don't bring about green, but I've seen some gorgeous mint green colors from nettles found in the UK.
I think the whole process could be made much easier just by using a block of frozen spinach since it is already broken down by the freezing process - anyway, fun video and a good experiment despite not really coming up with much in the way of green (although i liked the shade on the silk) so spinach is probably not the way to go
Very true on all accounts 🙂 Silk and wool typically have stronger results in general, so an easier way to go often. Green is tough. You can get various shades using an iron water shift from some natural yellow dyes. Check out my video on herbs where I demonstrate that process with results. Also using over-dyeing techniques with yellows and the blue of indigo is a popular way to achieve deeper shades of green. It's all about experimentation 💚
Recently discovered your channel and will definitely check out older videos and am looking forward to the future ones (i have done lots of dyeing but mostly with acid dyes - really enjoy the results and am ready to branch out)
So happy you're here! Never tried acid dyeing, but have seen some beautiful pieces. Always fun to explore 🤎
im wondering if you can make tattoos with this. recently ive taken a slight interest into ancient celt and pict paints and dyes, so is there a way to tattoo with this?
Very cool that you are dabbling in natural colors, Elijah. I have no knowledge of the art of tattoo, but plant based natural colors are not permanent, but rather living and breathing, and are highly impacted by the environment. Certainly spinach which is a very slight color in a dye form would not work for tattoo, but keep researching - you may find a plant based color that has a longer living color. Certainly traditional dyes like indigo and cochineal have a staining quality on skin, but will eventually fade. Best of luck!
How I can make bottole green colour through natural dye process ?
Hi Susanta! Believe it or not, green is one of the hardest colors to find as a dye from plants. One of the best ways to achieve green is through over-dyeing. For example, you start with a strong yellow dye on fiber and then over-dye in something like indigo or weld. You may be able to find 'bottle green' that way, but it will take some time. You can see a green color from over-dyeing in the Clay Resist Kit video in the library. It is also in the Indigo playlist. Hopefully, it will give you some ideas and inspiration 💚
Why have I heard wilted spinach releases a teal color??? Thank you.
Thanks for your question, Kathy! The only natural dye matter that have brought teal to me is fresh leaf indigo (Japanese indigo) and pincushion (scabiosa) on silk. I have videos here on both of those dye sources if you are interested, but I've only ever gotten light greenish yellow from spinach. If you find teal that way, let us know!
I have a question. If the leaves become soggy instead of dry because they we I the fridge too long is the spinach still good for making dye out of it?
Yes, you can still get color from soggy leaves and its a great way to repurpose 💚
Thank you so much
@@theresabass7705 You are most welcome 💚
Can we use coriander leaves for green color ???
Hi Shampa! I have not tried coriander specifically, but many plants used for spices do produce a light green color (rosemary, thyme, mint, tarragon). It is definitely worth trying 💚
Would white vinegar help?
Hi Kiki - vinegar shifts the pH of water to more acidic and can influence the color of some dye materials. I'm using the baking soda in this video to shift the pH, but to a more alkaline state which I've found to help sometimes with extracting green. You are welcome to try vinegar to see how a more acidic bath may change the color. My guess is it might turn more yellow, but it's always worth experimenting 💚
What is the fruit that I use?
Many thanks for reaching out, Nancy 💚 I'm not sure which fruit you are referring to - can you please elaborate?
Can grind
Great idea - the small the pieces, the more surface area for color to emerge 💚
I’m working on a green from Douglas fir - it’s tough!
Which part of the Douglas fir are you using? The got a grayish green with an alum-iron shifted spruce branch a few times, but not consistently. One of my favorite greens to date was with an iron shifted kale dye. It went from a pale yellow to a lovely green. Later this month, I'm going to test nettle which is a dyer's green too 💚
@@MargaretByrdColorQuest I’m using the needles. So I dropped some smaller branches in the pot, and after simmering for a little while, the needles dropped off. A little while later I strained all the solids out and just used the liquid to dye, and I did add a little iron. The results were wonderful.
@@parisnchristlove We've got Douglas fir everywhere here, so will have to try some needles soon! Thanks for sharing 💚
@@MargaretByrdColorQuest no worries! I’ve got a pot of eco print bundles steeping right now in a Douglas fir/rusty bits bath. Will let it all cool overnight and open them in the morning. Christmas in June😅😅😅
@@parisnchristlove Yay! If you feel like sharing, send me some photos 😊 I still have my noble fir cuttings from my Christmas tree in my garage, so could be a summer gift to my dye pot too. I'm working on an eco-print video for next Friday's release, so keep an eye out for it!
How long does this colour last?
How long a color last is highly dependent on many factors and is impossible to put an exact length of time on it. You will have the best potential results if you use 100% natural textiles and pre-treat with a mordant of some kind (alum, tannin, soy milk). You may have better success by using protein fibers like silk/wool instead of plant fibers like cotton. It will also depend on how you care for the textile after you dye it. Treating your textiles gently by hand-washing in cold water, using pH neutral soap and air drying can help keep the color longer. Because this green is so light, I expect it will fade away with time, so be prepared for that. There are other ways to achieve different types of green using iron water which is both a mordant and a color modifier, so you may want to look further into other dye sources. I will be exploring green further future videos on this channel, but it is a more 'challenging' color to find easily in nature.
@@MargaretByrdColorQuest thank you for your response 😊😊
@@samikshajain6228 You are most welcome!
*** QUESTION: I THINK video shows bring to boil, and then let cool??? You DO NOT SIMMER IT??? ***
Thank you for video. I'm really enjoying your videos this morning.
Austin,TX USA
You have a sharp eye, Barbara! The written instructions say 'simmer', but when I removed the lid on the dye pot, there was some bubbling going on - oops. Definitely simmer is always the way to go 🌼
Hi! I have a question: is it okay if the spinach is expired?
Hi Abigail! Yes, I recommend spinach that is past its prime and already wilting to make dye. Expired is fine 🙂
Hey you you can extract a good green from onion peel
Thank you for the tip! I am going to have a tutorial on red onion in the future which can shift to a lovely green color. I also shifted my yellow onion to an olive green with iron. You can see that result in my Iron Water tutorial video 😊
@@MargaretByrdColorQuest good to hear that.. you can try fitkari too.. if you haven't and ya it's always amazing
to see natural dye influencers...
Sorry for the late reply
@@surbhijain265 I am excited to see how red onion skin reacts to fitkari (alum). Thanks for the tip! I have almost collected enough skins to film the video 😊
@@Walidanukasa You are so welcome, Cajetan - thanks for stopping by my channel! Yes, I've tried carrot tops too and they have a similar light green result 💚I have not heard of ivy berries, so will have to keep my eyes out for it - thank you! Sounds like it is pH sensitive so you can play around with the color. Love that! Always need to be careful when dyeing with plants to make sure we practice safety first. Many thanks for the important reminder 😊
Is red spinach also a natural dye?
Hi By! I've never tried to make dye from red spinach, but it is possible you will get a dye from the betacyanin. Try soaking the spinach in water overnight to see if any of the color bleeds out. If you use it for textile, be sure to mordant your fabric first to help with the bond as it may be more sensitive to fading. Let me know how it goes!
Can u please tell me that red spinach is appropriate in which type of fabric and please tell me red spinach dye recipe . If u answer it will be a great help for me.. Thank u
@@bygats5068 I suggest you follow the same recipe as I posted here for green spinach without adding baking soda. I had very little difference in color between cotton and silk in this tutorial, but often protein fibers like silk and wool will achieve deeper colors with plant dyes. I suggest you pre-mordant your textile with alum, tannin or soy milk. You can find a tutorial on my channel for both alum and tannin (pomegranate skin). I will be posting soy milk mordant in the next few months. You may get green, yellow or a reddish color with red spinach, so just experiment with what you have and enjoy!
You show how to make the dye, however, why do you leave out how to actually dye the cloth, fabric, etc.
This video was one of the first on my channel, so you can find many videos (100+) since that time that show how to dye fibers. Check out the library to see what might interest you.
Can I take other greens instead of spinach??
Yes, you can try kale or carrot tops - both of which make a natural color in the yellowish/green hue. You can use iron water to shift the color to a more greenish tone. There is a video tutorial here on how to make homemade iron water. You can do the same with different types of herbs like sage, rosemary, mint and thyme, all of which make wonderful greens with iron water too 💚
@@MargaretByrdColorQuest Thank you so much and I made this colour and want to add iron water means it changes into dark green I am I right??
@@MargaretByrdColorQuest it will used to make green screen for editing could you please say how to dye with this colour on cloth please 🥺🥺🥺
@@MargaretByrdColorQuest could you please say how to dye the cloth with these homemade dye with out using any mordants please Can you??? 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@@agalyasadhasivam2584 In general, iron water should make this color more green, but you have to use it very carefully. It is better to start with a small amount of iron water and remove the textile as you see it turning more green. It can easily move to gray quickly. You will need to wash it in water right away to stop the iron process. Yellow onion skin can turn to an olive green with iron water, and the herbs I mentioned have various shades of green. Check out my video on herb dyeing to see the results there. Green can be tough!
GHOST at 22 seconds.
Haha! I've got a lot of GHOSTS in my kitchen in the form of dust 👻
Sorry, but this result was less than desirable. The color is so faint, it is barely noticeable.
You are absolutely correct that the color is faint (as shown in the video) which is typical of all green dye vegetables. You can explore modifying color with mordants (alum or iron water) with herbs like rosemary & thyme, or try matcha tea as other options. If you have nettles or wild fennel locally, those can produce deeper greens. It's the nature of organic color - experimentation is key!