Holidays: Natural Easter Egg Dyes

This year I am going to try dying my Easter eggs with nature's dyes! I think it'll be an interesting experiment. While I am pretty sure that the colors will not be as vivid as with commercial dyes, I am excited to see how they turn out!

Here's some ideas from http://www.stretcher.com/stories/00/000410h.cfm
To get Natural Easter Egg Colors:
Pale Red: Fresh beets or cranberries, frozen raspberries
Orange: Yellow onion skins
Light yellow: Orange or lemon peels, carrot tops, celery seed or ground cumin
Yellow: Ground turmeric (this is what I am going to try)
Pale green: Spinach leaves (Parsley is also another option)
Green-gold: Yellow Delicious apple peels
Blue: Canned blueberries or red cabbage leaves (Blackberries might work too)
Beige to brown: Strong brewed coffee (or tea)

To dye the perfect Easter eggs the natural way, here's what to do:
1. Put eggs in a single layer in a pan. Pour water in pan until the eggs are covered.
2. Add about a teaspoon of vinegar.
3. Add the natural dye appropriate to the color you want your eggs to be. (The more eggs you are dying at a time, the more dye you will need to use.)
4. Bring water to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
5. Remove the substance you used to color the eggs. Put eggs in a bowl.If you want your eggs to be a darker shade, cover them with the dye and let them stand overnight in the refrigerator.

Another neat sounding idea: "Onion Skin Eggs...Gather lots of onion skins; the dry outer layers. (try to get a good variety of colors--I like plain brown best; red onion also makes a good color) Gently wrap them around*raw* eggs and hold them in place with rubber bands. Hard boil the eggs like usual. Unwrap them and WOW! Beautiful colors and designs! You may polish with vegetable oil for a nice gloss. This is a natural dye and the eggs are still quite edible. Happy eggs-ploration!" http://www.stretcher.com/stories/00/000410h.cfm

If you try any of the ideas, let me know how they turn out!