Brown Oxide Pigment
Burgundy Pigment
Brick Red Oxide Pigment

Neon Blue Raspberry Colorant
Apple Moss Green Mica
Yellow Oxide Pigment
Nuclear Orange Pigment
-Uncolored Soap-

Fizzy Lemonade
Electric Bubble Gum Colorant
Fired Up Fuchsia

REASONS for making COLOR SAMPLES:

⇒EVALUATING colors is DIFFICULT. Obviously there has to be a DIFFERENCE between Burgundy Pigment and Brick Red Oxide but it is hard to see.

⇒Selecting color COMBINATIONS is much EASIER when you can see them and PHYSICALLY set them next to each other.  It's also EASIER to see how to TWEEK other colors.

NOTE: COLD PROCESS soaping can have color VARIATIONS depending on several factors.The TEMPERATURE at which the lye water and oils are mixed plays a roll in END color along with the OILS used (dark oils vs. light colored oils) and whether or not your soap was insulated & GELLED or COOLED.

*I APOLOGIZE in advance!*

This is NOT up to SCIENTIFIC standards.  As EVIDENCED by the MEASUREMENT of "a very small amount". (To be a little more descriptive, I used the flat end of an hors d'oeuvre skewer to spoon out each colorant.)

SAMPLE SOAP:

⇒Cold Process. Lye water and oils were about 100 DEGREES.
⇒An interruption allowed the soap to COOL before being mixed in the cups.
⇒A very SMALL amount of COLORANT was pre-mixed in the cup with 1/2 tsp, hot water.
⇒The SAMPLES were left to cool on the COUNTER and did NOT GEL.
⇒Included in the picture is an uncolored soap sample.

JUST A NOTE: I don't use white colorants in my soap.
Instead I MANIPULATE the oils in the recipe when I want a white soap.
I don't include or I LIMIT the percent of darker oils I use to get a whiter soap.

COLORANT SOAP SAMPLES can be very HELPFUL when making soap.  Keeping samples of previously made soap can be just as helpful.  That's what I have done in the past to help me REMEMBER. From these samples I can see how a colorant BEHAVES through the soaping process and how it HOLDS UP in a soap over TIME. I have an EDIBLE  colorant soap sample + indigo POST. I've used CHARCOAL, TURMERIC, PAPRIKA, CURRY, SPIRULINA, COCOA POWDER and INDIGO (NOT EDIBLE!!!).  I learned some thing and have some suggestions for anyone trying them.