<p>No, if you boil thistle flowers at 212°F, the resulting solution will turn light brown.</p>
<p>It makes okay light brown water-color paint</p>

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2024-03-27T16:55:40.447Z
Have you tried extracting without the boiling?
rebusB
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2024-04-25T09:55:45.497Z
There are a lot of articles on natural dyes, such as [this Wikipedia page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_dyes_of_the_Scottish_Highlands) but none mention thistles. Some colours just aren't stable enough. Safflower is a yellow thistle that produces a nice yellow dye, but it prefers much warmer weather than Scotland.
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Samuel Muldoon
<h2>Can you make purple watercolor paint by boiling purple-colored thistle flowers?</h2>
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Can I make purple watercolor paint from boiling Scottish thistle flowers?
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# Can I make purple watercolor paint from boiling Scottish thistle flowers?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-03-26)

## Can you make purple watercolor paint by boiling purple-colored thistle flowers?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2024-03-26. Score: 2

No, if you boil thistle flowers at 212°F, the resulting solution will turn light brown.

It makes okay light brown water-color paint

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Have you tried extracting without the boiling?  
> **username_2**: There are a lot of articles on natural dyes, such as [this Wikipedia page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_dyes_of_the_Scottish_Highlands) but none mention thistles. Some colours just aren't stable enough. Safflower is a yellow thistle that produces a nice yellow dye, but it prefers much warmer weather than Scotland.  

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