How do I color an egg black? [closed]

My friend and I are trying to make 'ninja black eggs' which are essentially hollowed eggs filled with powdered material.

We have two questions:

Is there a way to thicken the egg shell? My current idea is basking the eggs in some-sort of calcium. Would this work, or is there a better way?
How can we make the eggs black? We've tried making egg dye; and we have used 1 tsp of red, and 1/2 tsp of blue, but somehow the eggs turned brown.

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Best Answer

Why do you need to thicken the shells? Some bird's eggs have thicker walls than others, and it also seems that younger hens form thicker shells than older ones. However, it is doubtful that a thicker eggshell is available commercially. Your best bet may be to poke holes in the eggs, let them drain and dry, and then paint them with a strengthening varnish. A water-based polyurethane maybe? You should probably color them first, and then varnish them.

You can buy black food coloring. Buy it online if you haven't seen it at your local stores. You will probably have to use more than suggested to get full, deep color coverage. If that doesn't work, you could try clothes dye, Rit is a good brand, but I don't see evidence it is recommended for use on eggs. However, since it appears you won't be eating the eggs, just throwing them at each other, it is probably safe, and you could dye a bunch of eggs at once.

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How do you dye egg shells black?

Add a dollop of food colouring gel (or 10-15 drops of liquid colouring) and stir to mix. What is this? Submerge your eggs or pieces of the shell in the solution and leave to sit for a few minutes. The longer you leave your shells in the dye bath, the more colour they will take up.

How do you make black colored eggs?

How to Dye Easter Eggs Black or Gray

3 cups water.

1/3 cup activated charcoal.

2 tbsp white vinegar.

How do you dye dark eggs?

Simply boil the eggs as usual*, then cool rapidly under cold running water or in a bowl of ice. Transfer the cooled eggs to a bowl and cover with white vinegar. Set a timer for 5 minutes.

How do you make dark colored Easter eggs?

Mix one teaspoon of vinegar and 20 drops of food coloring (use more to intensify color) in one cup of hot water in a heatproof bowl, cup, or jar deep enough to let you submerge an egg completely. To create different tints, vary the dipping time. Using tongs makes handling the eggs easy.

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Answer 2

You can't use different colors to make black. If you combine the primary colors, red, by blue, and yellow you will get brown, but black is the absence of color. Try black egg dye.

The problem I think is that the albumen of the egg is a translucent material and adding food coloring is also a translucent material. So effectively you are going to get a strong yellow color from the opaque yolk, and that is what will be predominant, so it makes sense you are getting brown. Adding translucent colors to opaque yellow will get a brown. Think about adding milk to coffee. If you add whole milk, you get a lighter brown. If you add skim milk, which has more water, you get something akin to gray.

So what you want is some sort of additive that is opaque. Maybe squid ink.

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