{"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