A follow up on my November entry. I had so much fun planning this, I was sick and it entertained me when I was flat on my back. The easiest way to show what I did is to share the spreadsheet of infused oils and lye that I used. “MB oils” is all the oils minus olive oil, which was 40% of total oils. Each color was 100g of oils.
i opted not to go with any of the chlorophyll colorants for green, instead mixed woad and annatto. The color is olive green, but the yellow and blue stripes make a nice green.
Here’s a quick vid of each color pre-pour. The purple is blue at this stage.
Here are the colors in the pot.
After the cut
I’m going to try this again with twelve colors to include a reddish purple. Love this.
| Purple | Blue purple | Blue | Blue green | Green | Green yellow | yellow | Yellow orange | orange | Orange red | red | |
| MB oils | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
| infused | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
| lye water | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 |
| INFUSED OIL | |||||||||||
| Gromwell | 40 | 20 | |||||||||
| Indigo | 20 | 40 | 40 | ||||||||
| Borage | 20 | 20 | |||||||||
| Annatto | 20 | 20 | 40 | 35 | 30 | ||||||
| Paprika | 5 | 10 | 40 | 20 | |||||||
| Rhubarb | 20 | ||||||||||
| Infused lye | |||||||||||
| LYE | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | ||||||
| Indigo | 42 | 42 | |||||||||
| Madder | 42 | 42 | |||||||||
| Woad | 42 | 42 | |||||||||
| 82 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 82 |
i opted not to go with any of the chlorophyll colorants for green, instead mixed woad and annatto. The color is olive green, but the yellow and blue stripes make a nice green.
Here’s a quick vid of each color pre-pour. The purple is blue at this stage.
Here are the colors in the pot.
After the cut
I’m going to try this again with twelve colors to include a reddish purple. Love this.
Oh, I see. Should have read more closely, and check the entry thread before.
