Color Changing Carnations - Spring Break Pt 2

One of the experiments we decided to do over spring break was dye carnations.  I never thought we'd have to check several places to find white ones!  Roses were more readily available, but that could get expensive in a hurry!

Without doing any research on this, we snipped the stems of our carnations at an angle, stuck them in colored water and waited....

The kids were super excited to get up in the mornings to check for color change.  The next day, the carnation in the orange water had picked up quite a bit of yellow and the carnation in the purple water was picking up some blue.

On the forth day, the carnation in the blue water was picking up some color also, the carnation in the green water had a slight green hue, but nothing from the pink.  The carnation in the orange water still had the most color.

All smooshed together, it looks like maybe the pink picked up a little color after all.

We were a bit disappointed not to get more color change, so I did a little reading online and we plan to try again soon.  Next time, we will make the colored water more potent.  More dye = more color uptake.  Also, instead of clipping the stems at an angle, we will slice them up about an inch.

The kids are eager for round 2!