Holi 2022: How to make eco-friendly and safe colours at home? Check required ingredients

Holi, also famously known as 'festival of colours' is a Hindu festival celebrated in India with great zeal and enthusiasm. While Holi marks celebration of love and new life for many, it is also a fun time to smear colours. While families in India arrange for religious ceremonies, many also sing and dance to inaugurate festival. Holi 2022 falls on March 17 and 18 this year. While ritual of 'Holika Dahan' will be held on March 17, whereas 'Rang Panchami' will be celebrated all across country on March 18, 2022.

On next day of 'Holika Dahan', people of all ages smear each or with colour. Throwing coloured water for fun, devouring sweets are a few ways in which 'Rang Panchami' is celebrated. Are you excited to play Holi but are afraid of harmful effects of chemicals used in Holi colours? If so, n you've arrived at perfect place. Do you know you can make organic Holi colours easily at home using safe ingredients that don't have any harmful effects on skin? Here we have curated a few ways how to make eco-friendly colours at home to play eco-friendly Holi this year.

Yellow

Yellow colour is easiest to make as you can directly apply turmeric or gram flour to celebrate Holi 2022. Both turmeric and gram flour won't harm your skin and to make it more eco-friendly, you can d a bit of Multani mitti to powdered ingredients. However, be sure that you don't smear colours in eyes of anor, it can le to itchiness and infection if not treated properly.

Green

Green colour can be easily obtained by using Henna powder. You can also use ingredients like Mint, Neem, Spinach and Coriander leaves to make green colour. Boil leaves and mix wet paste with flour to enjoy a safe Holi 2022.

Red

Red Colour can be me using hibiscus and rose flowers. All you need to do is dry flowers crisp in sunlight. Later, crush it to convert it into a powdered form. To increase volume of colour, you can mix rice flour in equal amounts of colour.

Pink

Pink colour can be me using carrots or beetroot. First, boil eir beetroot or carrots with some water. Let it cool, n convert it into a paste using a grinder. Let paste dry in sunlight n you can mix it with flour to obtain desired result.

Blue

Blue colour can be obtained using blue hibiscus flowers. Follow same procedure mentioned earlier with red colour. If not, you can also make blue colour with indigo powder.

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