Teach Soap

Just made a nice soap using yellow#5 for my bottom layer and Pink food dye (also fd&C) for the top.

While I added it when the bottom layer had a thin film (was going for a toothpick swirly) I noticed my swirls turned orange.

When held up to a white light, the color progression is pink, a thin orange layer where the yellow and pink meet, and a bright yellow.

These colors don't bleed do they? And how can I get a solid swirl without introducing color #3

this blend is intoxicating. Strawberry Lemonade. *falls over*

Yes, FD&C colors bleed. If you don't want that, use micas instead.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

Pink lemonade or Strawberry lemonade? hehe.

both sound nice right about now.

I wonder what fd&c yellow would look like if bled onto black pigment.

I was thinking about doing alternating black and white in a white m&p base.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

oh my bad!

i meant black and yellow.

black layer is pigment and yellow is FD&C.

A black and yellow will make a greenish color.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

Hey cool! Will gravity have anything to do with how the bleeds will travel?

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

I'll give bleeding colorants a try... i doubt I can get the effect I desire hehe. New order of pigments arrives soon. Can't wait!