**the color of the flower**

Natural dyes are now beginning to shift its use by more practical, easy to obtain, durable, stable colors, high absorbance, and attractive color appearance. Many foods in Indonesia use synthetic dyes in their manufacture such as cenyl, dolphins, mud cakes, eyelashes, gethuk, and so forth.

Keep in mind that the use of synthetic dyes for continuous food can harm health because these dyes are carcinogenic. In addition to synthetic dyes containing heavy metals such as mercury, arsenic, and lead. Whereas around us many plants that can be utilized as a natural dye that when used does not interfere with health. These plants are hibiscus flowers, suji leaves, pandanus, rosella flowers, and flower of the telang.

Flowers in plants have an organic pigment called anthocyanin that can change the color of flowers such as red, green, blue on pH changes, not to mention the flower of the telang.

The flower of the telang (Clitoria ternatea L.) belongs to the tribe of Febaceae or legumes, can grow at an altitude of about 700 mdpl. This flower is widely grown as an ornamental plant in the yard and grow propagate in the fence. The flower can also be found growing wild in the bush, the growth is fast. So it takes regular pruning if planted in the yard of the house

The flower of the anthoon contains anthocyanins that give a bluish purple color to the crown of flowers. The flower can be used for natural food coloring.

How to make a natural food coloring from a flower of a telang?

How to make it is by extracting this flower. Flower buds picked in good condition, of course that blooms perfect. Fresh flowers and dried picked and then cut into pieces or directly ground and added water solution

Water juice will be dark blue, then the flowers are filtered so that will leave only water. Once filtered, the juice can be used as a natural dye. For example as a natural dye cake, gelatin or beverage. In addition, this flower extract does not change the aroma and taste of food. It takes a lot of flowers to produce the desired blue color.

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