To dye a soy candle with food coloring, you need to make sure you are using gel, paste, or powder form. Liquid food coloring is water based. While the liquid food coloring may look like it adds a cool beaded effect to the wax, if you pour the wax out into a jar to set, the food coloring will not pour out with it.

You can use food coloring to make home made candles. According to many candle-making instructions, you use solid or liquid candle dyes to add color, but you can substitute a crayon for the dyes to create solid colors. When opting for liquid dyes, liquid food color is not a good choice for coloring candles.

Infusing the wax with natural colors is a fun option that will yield better results than using crayons, particularly if you’re interested in making all-natural candles. Herbs like comfrey, lavender, and rosehip can be used to add interesting colors to your wax.

Place some wax in a double boiler and melt. Place an equal amount of herbs in a heat sealable tea bag or a coffee filter tied off with some string. Toss the herbal bag into the pot of wax and allow to steep while over a very low heat until the color of the herb tints the wax. This may take hours.

Yes, Rit can dye candles! With our base powder colors and over 500 additional color recipes, you’ll be able to customize your candles to match just about any color. But dyed candles are also great for home décor, gifts and more!

By clicking on ‘more information’ next to the dye chips and liquid dyes you will see the recommended amount of colour to use. Dye chips are 1 per 500 grams of wax. Liquid dyes are 3 drops per 500 grams for a lighter colour and 6 drops per 500 grams for a darker colour.

For a medium shade of a color (like red, blue, yellow, etc.), you will need to use about 0.05% dye. This means using 1 pound of liquid dye for 2000 pounds of wax. Now since most of you make candles on a much smaller scale, this is equivalent to using about 7 or 8 drops of color per pound of wax.

Dye Blocks are better for darker, vibrant colors in soy (especially red, greens, and blues). They can also be used to easily color large batches of paraffin wax. Liquid Dyes will produce lighter, pastel shades in soy and light to dark shades in paraffin. These are also great for mixing to create custom colors.

How to Use Candle Liquid Dye:

1. To make colored candles use 4 to 8 drops of a candle liquid dye per 1 pound of candle wax.
2. After calculating and melting your desired amount of candle wax remove from the heat source.
3. Add the liquid candle dye between 150°F – 170°F and stir until it blends into the wax.

Use vegetable peeler or knife to shave bits of crayon into wax (totaling about a quarter of a crayon). Stir to blend. Let any bubbles settle, and dip a taper candle into wax to test the color (once beeswax dries, it can be broken off, so you can use the taper for the next batch). Add more shavings for darker color.

Mica Powders are stunning natural colours that are commonly known for their use in mineral makeup and eye shadows, etc. However, micas have gained incredible popularity as a natural alternative to colouring waxes with an eye-catching pearlescent sheen.