Chemistry

Colorings

Do you think that black marker ink is literally black? Not this time! Become a mythbuster and use the chromatography method to figure out the truth! You can also make spiral-like patterns on cotton cloth using different types of colorings! And all of this with the “Colorings” set by MEL Science!

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You will:

find out what black marker ink consists of
apply the “Tie-dye” method to color a clot

You will learn:

what chromatography is
how the “tie-dye” method works

What's inside the "Colorings" set?

Everything you need to complete the project successfully.

Experiments

Chromatography

What colors make up black marker ink?

Tie-dye

Tie a cloth and dye it using colorful chemical reactions!

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