{"id":1552,"date":"2016-03-08T00:00:57","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T13:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/?p=1552"},"modified":"2017-02-20T11:15:32","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T00:15:32","slug":"which-flowers-absorb-vibrant-colours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/which-flowers-absorb-vibrant-colours\/","title":{"rendered":"Which flowers absorb the most vibrant colours?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What do you do when your grocer has a selection of stunning white flowers on sale all at the same time? Why – you do a nature science experiment<\/a> with them of course! You may have seen our recent colour changing flower<\/a> and bi-coloured flower<\/a> experiments with gerbera daisies. This time I thought we could try dyeing several varieties of flowers (gerberas, lilies and chrysanthemums) at once to find out which flowers absorbed the most vibrant colours. We also decided to try both red and blue food colouring, to see what worked best.<\/p>\n The set up for this experiment is simple. You just need:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Step One:<\/strong> fill vases with water.<\/p>\n Step Two<\/strong>: Add food colouring to each vase.<\/p>\n Step Three: <\/strong>Trim your flowers, and add some to each vase.<\/p>\n Step Four:<\/strong> Take a moment to pause and study the flowers. They are so beautiful, after all!<\/p>\n Step Five:<\/strong> Wait and see what happens!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The chrysanthemums were showing pretty flecks of colour in less than an hour. (Quick enough that you could do this as a cool gender reveal activity at a baby shower – provided you kept the water in the vase hidden of course…. But I digress!)<\/p>\n The next morning, here’s how the two vases looked!<\/p>\n This experiment was slightly unfair as none of the red lilies had opened, but I’d still say the chrysanthemums were a clear winner. They absorbed colour the fastest, and the most vibrantly, and it didn’t appear to have caused any wilting at all.<\/p>\n\n
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