Color   Color Sources
Purple:   1 (15 ounce) can sliced beets;
or 1/2 cup grape juice concentrate
Yellow:   1/4 cup ground safflower;
 or 1/4 cup ground turmeric
Blue:   1 cup canned blueberries (with syrup)
Red:   1 cup canned cherries (with syrup)

 Food-Coloring Dyes
If you haven't the patience to experiment with natural dyes,
 but want to make Easter egg dye from scratch, dyes made
with food coloring are a super simple and fun way.
To make food-coloring dye: Drip (liquid, paste or gel) food
coloring into bowls of water, and stir until the water reaches
 your desired hue. Try combining different colors to make
 original colors! Place the hard-cooked eggs into the colored
 water and let them sit until the eggs reach the hue you like.
Remove the eggs from the dye and let them air-dry.

Fancy Egg Designs
If simply-colored eggs just aren't fun enough for you,
 you can pull out your bag of egg-decorating tricks
and start the ball rolling. We've highlighted a few of
our favorites to get you started:

 Abstract Eggs
The only other material you'll need to make these fancy
eggs is strong glue like Rubber Cement. Once the eggs
 have been hard-cooked and dried, hold one egg in your
 hand and drip glue onto the egg's surface. You can drip
the glue carefully to make a particular pattern, or you can
 let the glue drip freely for an abstract effect. Place the egg
 on a stand that will allow the glue to dry without getting too
smudged (an egg carton will work). Once the glue has dried,
 place the eggs in your prepared dye mixtures. Once the eggs
 have become tinted to your liking, remove them from the
 water and rub the glue off of the eggs completely.
The glue will peel off with a little effort, leaving the white
 of the egg shining through!
 Tie-Dyed Eggs
Rubber bands are all you need to make tie-dyed eggs.
Arm yourself with a collection of different sized rubber bands.
 Wrap the rubber bands, one at a time, around the eggs.
 Make sure to leave some of the egg shell exposed so it
 can be dyed. Once the eggs are dyed to the color you like,
 remove them from the water and let them dry.
Once dried completely, pull the rubber bands off
 to reveal your banded design.
 Crayon Eggs
Perhaps the simplest technique of all is the color-with-
crayons method. Using a crayon, simply draw a design
onto your eggs and then dye as you would any other
Easter egg. Your crayon design will be accentuated
 by your choice of dye!

You could also try these other decorating tricks:
Affixing stickers to the eggs before dyeing them, and
then removing the stickers once the colors have set;
dyeing the eggs a light color, and then using any of the
 techniques we've explained to layer more colors; or
making a paste-like paint out of your food color (with
 a small amount of water), and then painting a decoration
 on the eggs before dying them completely again in another color!