Tinting of cut flowers.

Tinting of cut flowers -Advantages and Methods

1. Tinting of cut flowers

Lecture No.: 33

2. Tinting
•Tinting of flowers can be done through artificial colours
•Value addition technique in flower crops where colour pigments are
absent or light
•Done in both natural and artificial flowers
•It enhances the aesthetic beauty of fresh and dry flowers
•Colouring flowers with edible dyes enhance the visual appeal of
these flowers and increase their economic value
•It can also provide a great variety of colours for aesthetic
beautification

3. Tinting
•White or shades of white flowers are used for tinting
•White Carnation, Orchid, Rose, Chrysanthemum, tuberose etc. are
commonly used flower crops for tinting
•Common dyes are Bromocresol red or green, Eosin yellow, ammonium
purpurate, phenol red and other food colourants
•Concentration of dye: 0.1- 4%

4. Orange Red
Lemon Yellow Apple Green
Raspberry Red Rose Pink Classic Blue
Food dyes used for tinting of flowers

5. TINTING METHODS:
Tinting of flowers can be adopted by two methods viz..
By stem absorption method followed in (carnation, tuberose,
gerbera)
 By dipping of flower heads in flowers like daisies.
Mostly the stem absorption method is followed.

6. Advantages of tinting:
The Colored inflorescences of the cut flowers with edible dyes
enhance the appearance and appeal the arrangement to be
more attractive
It can also provide a great variety of colors for aesthetic
beautification.
 For decorative purpose
Used in functions
For making bouquets

7. Orange Red
Orange Group 26 B

Lemon Yellow
Yellow group 7 B
Apple Green
Green Group 145 B
Raspberry Red
Red Purple Group 73 C
Rose Pink
Red Purple Group 62 A
Classic Blue
Blue Group N 109 C

8. Orange Red
Orange Red 28 A
Lemon Yellow
Yellow group 7 B
Apple Green
Apple Green N 144 C
Raspberry Red
Red Purple Group 63 A
Rose Pink
Red Purple Group 65 C
Classic Blue
Blue Green Group 119 A

9. •Colour intensity of tinted China aster var. Local White

10. a.Bromocresol Green 20%,
b.EOSIN 20%,
c.Bromophenol Blue 20%
d.Control
Orange red 10%
Lemon yellow 10% Apple green 10%
a b c d

11. GARLAND
CARPET TRADITIONAL
FUNCTION
BBOUQUES