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Eco Friendly Holi Colours
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Colours used in Holi are meant to reflect the various
hues of the spring season. Holi, as you already know,
is a celebration of the arrival of spring.
The colours used during Holi once upon a time were
prepared from the flowers of trees that blossomed
during spring. Most of these trees also had medici-
nal properties and the colours obtained from them
were highly beneficial to the skin.
With the rapid commercialization of this festival,
and a strong demand for other colours, manufactur-
ers started producing artificial colours, which are
not only more sought after, but also inexpensive as
compared to natural colours.
What people tend to ignore is that these artificial
colours consist of a large number of chemicals,
which can have severe ill-effects on your health.
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To give you an insight into what chemical is present in
each of these colours, and what effects it can have
on your health, refer to the chart below :
COLOUR CHEMICAL HEALTH
Black Lead oxide Renal Failure
Green Copper Sulphate Eye Allergy, Puffiness
and temporary
blindness
Red Mercury Sulphite Highly toxic can
cause skin cancer
Silver Aluminium Bromid Carcinogenic
Blue Prussian Blue Contract Dermatitis

Now that your aware of the chemicals present in col-
ours and the several health-impacts it can have,
would you still want to play with them? Or would you
now rather opt for some natural colours?
While natural colours are easily available in the
market, you can as an activity, make these colours
yourself. Here's what you need to do.
Mix two teaspoons of mehendi in one litre of water
and stir well.
Alternatively, you could also mix some henna powder
with an equal quantity of any flour.
GREEN
Two teaspoons of mehendi One litre of water And stir well.

Take a few Jacaranda flowers, have them dried and
then grind them to get a beautiful blue coloured
powders. Store this in an airtight bottle.
Flowers from the hibiscus plant can also be dried
and powdered to get a blue colours.
BLUE
RED
Take some dry red rose petals and spread them out
on a newspaper and leave them out in the sun to dry.
Once the petals have dried up, grind them and use
the red powder obtained to smear the faces of your
friends.
Dried few Jacaranda flowers Then grind them Store this in an airtight bottle.

Boiling two teaspoons of red sandalwood powder in
five litres of water and then later diluting it in about
twenty litres of water will give you a great red water
solution.
Water can also be boiled with pomegranate peels
which also give a good red colour.
Grind dried or fresh mehendi leaves to get a green-
coloured powder. This can be used to make into a
paste by mixing some water which will give it an
orange tinge.
SAFFRON
Dry red rose petals Grind them and use
the red powder
spread them out on a newspaper
and leave them out in the sun

You can also add a little turmeric and sandalwood
powder to rose water and make a saffron colour solu-
tion.
Dried or fresh mehendi leaves Grind & get a green
coloured powder
This can be used to make into
a paste by mixing some water
little turmeric powder sandalwood powder

Mix two teaspoons of turmeric powder with four tea-
spoons of gram flour. This will give you a vibrant
yellow powder.
Dry the petals of flowers like Amaltas, marigold or
yellow chrysanthemums and grind them to yield dif-
ferent shades of yellow color powder. They can be
used separately or can be mixed with gram flour to
add bulk to the powder.
Boil one teaspoon of turmeric in two liters of water
to yield deep yellow color. Dilute to the desired
color strength.
YELLOW
Two teaspoons of
turmeric powder
Two teaspoons of
gram flour powder
vibrant yellow powder.

As already mentioned, all the ingredients used to
make natural colours are medicinal in nature, and
have no harmful effects to your skin or health. If
you had this notion that making natural colours would
be difficult, shed those inhibitions and prepare some
colours yourself today with these easily available in-
gredients, many of which you will find at home.
We at mocomi, wish all of you a
very safe and happy Holi!
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