Green Candy Chemistry with Paper Chromatography!

With the Candy Chromatography chemistry project and kit, students can explore the colors of dye that make up favorite candy coatings. What dyes will appear when you do this experiment with green candies? Are the results the same for all green candies? This is fun, colorful, and visually clear hands-on science for K-12 students!

Compare the dyes in candles and food coloring using chromatography. www.sciencebuddies.org

Paper Chromatography for Students

For directions to do this candy chromatography experiment, see the Candy Chromatography: What Makes Those Colors? student project. A convenient Candy Chromatography Kit is available for this and other paper chromatography projects.

For more student paper chromatography experiments, see the following projects and activities:

• Candy Color Chromatography in action
• Family Science: Candy Chromatography
• Make Your Own Markers
• Paper Chromatography: Is Black Ink Really Black?
• Exploring the Chemistry of Red Flower Pigments
• What Color Are the Leaves Really Turning?
• Find the Hidden Colors of Leaves
• Flower Pigment Science: Weekly Science Project Idea/Home Science Activity Spotlight
• Paper Chromatography: Advanced Version 1
• Paper Chromatography: Advanced Version 2
• Paper Chromatography Science Projects & Experiments