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How do I mix my own soap colouring?

In nature, all colours are made up of red, yellow and blue. Colours like green, orange, purple and others are combinations between these colours:

Orange = red + yellow
Green = yellow + blue
Purple = blue + red

Besides these, there is also white and black.

Opaque colours

As standard, Gildewerk supplies the basic red-, pink-, yellow- and blue colours, various combination colours, black, white and natural. The colours can be mixed with each other. In doing this, you can mix other colours according to your own taste.

Here are a few tips that can help you with this:

Green: adding yellow makes green lighter, adding blue makes it darker. Orange: adding yellow makes orange lighter, adding red makes it darker. Purple: adding pink creates reddish purple, adding blue creates bluish purple.

Besides colouring, mostly opaque white is added to soap noodles. If you would like soap to be bright red, bright pink, black or bright green, you must not add any white colouring.

Transparent colours

Gildewerk has a rainbow range of transparent colouring for liquid soap that can be mixed in the same way as opaque colouring. If you would like to give liquid soap a deeper, darker colour, you can add a few (!) drops of opaque colouring. Do this sparingly, so that the colour remains transparent. If you add too much opaque colouring, it will sink to the bottom of the bottles.

Colouring moulded soap

For moulded soap, you can use both kinds of colouring. If you use transparent colouring, the soap stays transparent. If you use opaque colouring, the soap will become non-transparent. A combination of opaque white and transparent colouring creates pastel shades.

Tip: always note which colours and amounts you use to create combination colours.

Your own colours and the soap quality system

If you subscribe to the soap quality system, don't forget to enter all the colours and amounts used to create your colours into the label maker.

How do I mix my own soap colouring Instruction Manual

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