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How to make Red Natural Holi Colour |
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- Red Sandal Wood Powder / Raktachandan / Lalchandan (Pterocarpus santalinus) has a beautiful red colour, is really beneficial for the skin and is used in face packs, etc. This can be used instead of Red Gulal.
- Dry red hibiscus flowers in shade and powder to make a lovely red colour. To raise the bulk add any flour to it
- Sinduria, known Annato in English has a water chestnut shaped fruit which contains pretty brick colour red seeds. These yield both dry and wet colours.
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Wet colour
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- Put 2 teaspoons of Red Sandal wood powder in a litre of water and boil. Dilute and use
- Peels of Red Pomegranate boiled in water give red.
- For a bright orangish-red, mix thoroughly a pinch of chuna / lime powder (the one that we eat with our paan / betel leaves) with 2 spoons of haldi/ turmeric powder and a few drops of water. Use only after diluting with 10 litres of water.
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Extracting red from flower petals : |
- Buras (Rhododendron arboreum) known as Burans in the Garhwal hills and Brans in the Kumaon hills gives a lovely red colour when flooded in water overnight.
- Red hibiscus flowers flooded in water overnight give a red which also has medicinal value.
- The Palita Madar / Pangri / Indian Coral tree/ (Erythrina indica), found generally in coastal regions, has large red flowers. Soak the flowers in water all night.
- Boil wood of Madder Tree in water for a deep red.
- Red colour can also be obtained from juice of tomatoes and carrots. This can be diluted with plenty quantity of water to remove the stickiness.
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