7 Safe Organic & Homemade Holi Colors for all

For babies (6 months to 3 years), Holi colors must be 100% edible, super soft, and very mild because their skin is quite sensitive and they may put hands in their mouth.

We have Organic & Homemade Holi Colors recipes that suits all age groups:

1. YELLOW COLOR

Option 1. Turmeric + Flour

Ingredients –

• 1 Tsp Turmeric Powder (Haldi)
• 5-6 Tsp Corn Flour

Method –

Take a bowl and add turmeric powder and corn flour of your choice.

Mix well until the mixture becomes yellow.

Strain it in another bowl after a good mix. Baby powder can be added, if you need more fragrance. This how you can make more homemade holi colors by adding different things.

Option 2. Orange Marigold + Flour

Ingredients –

• 2 Cup Orange Marigold Flowers
• 6-7 Tsp Corn Flour
• Rose or Kesar Water

Method –

Grind orange marigold flower petals with normal water. Strain it and transfer into a bowl.

Take another bowl and add corn flour, flower water, rose or kesar water. Mix it well. Mixture should be in powder form not in a dough form.

If the powder is watery, add more corn flour. Let it dry overnight or in sunlight.

Strain it to make it lump free. You can add baby powder for fragrance.

Safety Tip –

• Do a patch test before using any flour

Shelf Life –

• Store in an air tight container
• More than 2 weeks

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Option 3. Turmeric + Water

Ingredients –

• 2 Tsp Turmeric Powder
• 1-2 Cup Rose or Normal Water

Method –

Take a pan and turn on the flame. Add turmeric powder and water. Give a good boil to the mixture.

Let it cool for sometime and strain it.

Organic yellow color water is ready for water balloons and wet holi.

2. PINK COLOR

Option 1. Beetroot + Flour

Ingredients –

• 1 Medium Beetroot
• 4-5 Tsp Corn Flour
• Water as required

Method –

Peel beetroot and grind it with water. You can buy beetroot, spinach & carrot powder from amazon. Strain the mixture in a bowl.

Take different bowl, add corn flour and beetroot water according to the requirement.

Mix it well. Mixture should not be in batter or dough form. Make it dry in sunlight, leave it overnight or oven it. Strain the powder again to make it lump free.

Add baby powder for the fragrance and smoothness. Homemade holi color is ready to use.

Option 2. Beetroot 

Ingredients –

• 1 Big Beetroot

Method –

Wash and peel the beetroot. Cut it into thin slices or order beetroot powder online. On a clean cotton cloth, spread all the slices and dry in sunlight completely or you can microwave or oven it.

Break it to check the slice is fully dry or not. Grind all the slices into a fine powder. To make it more soft, you can add corn flour or baby powder which is completely optional. This how you can create homemade holi colors for your little joy.

Safety Tip –

•  Before using any flour, always do a patch test

Shelf Life –

• About 2 weeks in an air tight container

Option 3. Beetroot + Water

Ingredients –

• 1 Medium Beetroot
• Water as required

Method –

Peel the beetroot outer skin. Wash and cut into pieces.

Add water as required and make a good boil of it. Cool it down and strain it. You will have a natural pink color water.

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3. GREEN COLOR

Option 1. Spinach + Flour

Ingredients –

• Handful of Spinach
• 4-5 Tsp Corn Flour
• Water as required

Method –

Wash the spinach and put it in a blender. Blend the spinach completely with the help of water or get the spinach powder.

Strain the mixture in a bowl. Now, take a separate bowl, add corn flour and pour little spinach water. Mix both flour and spinach water well. This mixture should not be in liquid form. It seems or feels like as hard as pebbles.

Let the mixture dry overnight or in sunlight. Strain the mixture again to get a smooth powder.

Option 2. Spinach

Ingredients –

• 1/2 kg Spinach
• 4-5 Tsp Flour (Optional)

Method –

Chop the spinach and give it a good wash. On a clean cotton or other sheet, spread all the chopped spinach. Dry it completely in the sunlight for 1,2 days or oven it.

Grind it into a fine powder. Strain it in a bowl to get a smooth powder. By adding corn flour, you can increase the quantity.

Your dry green homemade holi color is ready to use.

Safety Tip –

• Do a patch test before using any flour

Shelf Life –

• Store in an air tight container
• More than 3-4 weeks

Option 3. Spinach + Water

Ingredients –

• One Handful of Spinach
• Water as required

Method –

Gently wash the spinach. Give a good boil of it with water as required.

Strain the water into a big bowl or bucket to use homemade holi colors. Use this color water in balloons or for wet holi.

4. PURPLE OR BROWN COLOR

Option 1. Rose + Flour

Ingredients –

• 2-3 Cup Red or Brown Rose
• 4-5 Tsp Corn Flour
• Water as required

Method –

Gently wash all the red rose petals. Add some water and rose petals in the blender. Blend it well. Strain the rose water in a bowl.

Take a different bowl. Add corn flour and pour rose water according to the requirement.

This mixture should be hard but not in the form of dough. Dry this mixture overnight or sunlight it.

The color is depend on the quantity of the rose. The more you use, the darker the color you get.

Option 2. Rose

Ingredients –

• 4-5 Cup Red or Brown Rose
• 3-4 Tsp Corn Flour (Optional)

Method –

Gently wash the red or brown rose petals. Dry it in sunlight or microwave.

Blend it into a fine powder. You can increase the quantity by adding corn flour into it. Your natural, organic or homemade holi color is ready to use.

Safety Tip –

• Always do a patch test of any flour

Shelf Life –

• Store in an air tight container for more than 2 months

Option 3. Rose + Water

Ingredients –

• 2-3 Cup Red or Brown Rose
• Water as required

Method –

Separate the rose petals and wash them. Take a pan and turn on the flame.

Add rose petals and water as required. Boil it till roses leave its color. Let it cool completely.

Organic or homemade holi color water is ready to use. Fill the balloons with this water or use it the way it is.

5. BLUE COLOR

Option 1. Blue Hibiscus or Blue Pea Flowers + Flour

Ingredients –

• 2-3 Cup Blue Hibiscus Or Pea
• 3-4 Tsp Corn Flour
• Water as required

Method –

Wash the blue pea or blue hibiscus gently and blend it with the help of water.

Strain the mixture into an empty bowl. Take another bowl and mix corn flour and flower water.

Mixture should be hard as pebbles. Dry it overnight or you can microwave. Strain this dry powder again so that you will get fine & smooth powder for your baby.

Option 2. Blue Pea Flowers

Ingredients –

• 3-4 Cup Blue Pea
• 4-5 Tsp Corn Flour (Optional)

Method –

Dry the flowers in sunlight, oven or microwave, after washing the flowers.

Let them completely dry. Grind it into a powder. Non-toxic blue color is ready to use for you and your baby.

Safety Tip –

• Always do a patch test before using any flour

Shelf Life –

• Store in an air tight container
• Up to 2 months

Option 3. Blue Hibiscus or Blue Pea + Water

Ingredients –

• 2-3 Cup Blue Hibiscus or Blue Pea Flower
• Water as required

Method –

Gently wash the flower petals of your choice. In a pan, put flower petals and water as required.

Give a good boil of it. Plain water will start changing the color. Let the water cool down. Strain the water in a bowl or bucket as required.

6. ORANGE COLOR

Option 1. Turmeric + Red Sandalwood Powder

Ingredients –

• 3-4 Tbsp Turmeric
• 2 Tsp Red Sandalwood Powder
• 2-3 Tsp Corn Flour (Optional)

Method –

Mix turmeric and red sandalwood powder together. You can add corn flour, which is completely optional. Mix the mixture well.

Strain the mixture into a fine powder. Homemade orange holi color is ready to use.

Option 2. Orange Marigold + Flour

Ingredients –

• 2-3 Cup Orange Marigold Flower
• 3-4 Tsp Corn Flour
• Water as required

Method –

Separate the petals from the flowers. Wash and blend the petals with water according to the requirement.

Strain the mixture and you will get an orange water. In an another bowl, add corn flour and pour orange water little and little. Mix it properly until you get hard stone kind of mixture.

Place it in sunlight or oven it to dry the mixture. Strain the mixture again to get smooth powder.

Safety Tip –

• Always do a patch test

Shelf Life –

• Store in an dry & air tight container
• Up to 2-3 months

Option 3. Palash or Tesu Flowers

Ingredients –

• 2-3 Cup Palash or Tesu Flowers
• Water as required

Method –

Soak palash or tesu flowers overnight in water. Next day in the morning, you will get orange color.

If you have shortage of time, boil the mentioned flower in required water. Let the water cool down and strain it in the required utensil or bucket.

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7. RED COLOR

Option 1. Red Hibiscus + Flour

Ingredients –

• 2-3 Cup Red Hibiscus
• 2-3 Tsp Corn Flour

Method –

Separate the red hibiscus flower petals and give it a good wash. With the help of blender, blend the red hibiscus petals and water together.

Strain the water. Take a different bowl and add corn flour by pouring little red hibiscus water. The mixture you will get should be little hard in the form of pebbles.

Place this bowl in sun light to dry or you can oven it. Strain the mixture again to get a fine powder.

Option 2. Red Hibiscus

Ingredients –

• 3-4 Cup Red Hibiscus

Method –

Clean the flowers with water. Dry them in the sunlight or oven it. Let the petals dry completely.

Grind the dry flowers into a fine powder. Natural & organic red color is ready for holi.

Safety Tip –

• Do a patch test, to avoid any risk

Shelf Life –

• Store in an air tight container
• More than 1-2 months

Option 3. Red Hibiscus + Water

Ingredients –

• 2-3 Cup Red Hibiscus
• Water as required

Method –

Clean the flowers with water. Boil red hibiscus flower and water as required.

Boil it until the water changed the color. Cool it down. Use this homemade holi colors for your loved ones.

Safety Tips

• Always do a patch test on small skin area
• Make the use of soft powders only
• Always mix strong colors with flour
• Store the powder color in dry container
• Do not use strong turmeric
• Avoid artificial colors
• Avoid eyes and nose
• Apply coconut oil on skin before playing with color

We hope you will like our list of homemade holi colors. Let us know which one you love the most.