Color Changing Carnations - Sick Science!

[imkutiecarma]

My friend did this but it didn't work

[iheartnicole1]

My preschool teacher did this with celery.

[lpskittykat123]

the flower needs water and takes the red water and feeds it to the petals and they turned red i think

[WesBullock]

The xylem tubes in the stem absorb the water in the beakers. After the stem was cut to half, each stem was put into different beakers, one beaker was filled with red water and the other was filled with plain water. Half of the xylem tubes were in the red coloured water, therefore half of the flower turned red.

[SCZMJGclub]

Double rainbow carnation all the way across the sky!!

[Gunnardotson12]

the carnation absorbs the colored water and changes the plant color.

[hl888]

Can you change the color in a plant with soil?

[JuliaaF98]

we used to do this every year in school but with daffodils!:D

[rhenz0404]

XYLEM VEINS.

VEINS ON THE STEM CAN SUCK WATER EVEN WITHOUT THE ROOTS.

[ICONicprincess143]

Because when the flower takes up the water to drink it goes up to the petals. I tried this at school.

[angel33575]

Steve can you also use other kinds of flowers?

[BeckieTenshiChan]

@angel33575 yes, as long as the flower starts off white, or else the colour won't show as good.

[angel33575]

Steve can you also use other kinds of flowers? Thanks.

[unstableperson]

so the explanation is:the color of the water makes the color of the flower so, if you mix die with water and put a white flower in it that is the color it will change to

[themaskedcrusader]

Three Hoorays for Capillary Action!

[CalvinsStudios]

perfect for valentines day!

[llamallamatacocoma]

@TIFFANYSRYES yes, u can... seems pretty fun

[bmx28kenilworth]

now that is just cool

[L3G3ND10]

can i cut it in 4 parts?

[Zenshiro14]

everyone did this for science class in 3-5grade lol

[NINJApandaLOVE]

Will this work with just a carnation or can you use any white flower?

[BrainiacWorkshop]

The colored water is essentially diffusing into the plant cells through osmosis, including the color. As materials flow from higher water potential to lower water potential, the food coloring (it is a liquid) would diffuse into the cells and thus it would make the plant red in tint.

[DeathrogueCYX]

Transpirational pull is the suction by the plant roots(or stem in this case) on the water due to transpiration(like perspiration) in the upper parts of the plants through the mechanics of water surface tension

the coloured water is absorbed through the stem and brought up to the flower due to transpirational pull and colours the part of the flower it corresponds to (the red stem's half)

[wolfgirl3363]

@DeathrogueCYX not trying to be mean but you couldve just said the colored water goes up through the stem and the flower part acts like a filter and kinda "catches" the color :P

[SoccerManJm]

Lol, my grandma showed me that when I was like 4 years old

[iPlawksx3]

oooh ! i saw this in science class ! ;D

[owlcity23]

thats AWESOMEE!!! im going to try that!! :)

[owlcity23]

thats AWESOMEE!!!!! im going to try that!! :)

[8nwidth]

NO SURGERY ON FLOWERS!!!

[HariPuttar1]

How long does it tae?

[abbie0916]

We did this in our Biology class, only we used celery :))

[animegirl2083]

now the real question is will it blend?

[AngryLlamaz]

those are vases? I take shots out of those things!

[HollyberrieT]

O did that experiment in school the stem absorbs the water with the food colouring witch left the flower to change colour

[djtonyxxx5]

can i split the rose in thousand of pieces so i can reproduce a photo using a lot of glasses and colours?

[Geniusisdead]

chromatography!! :D

[Geniusisdead]

CROMATOGRAPHY :D

[lasertracer206]

can I do it with other flowers?

[xiLoveUnicorns]

Does It Work For A Rose Too.?

[britybird4lyfe124]

the water feeds the flower and in that case the the water is red and it travels from the stem to the peatala and turns it pink since the flower is white and red + white = pink

[ameskin]

Can you show how to grow a rainbow rose?

[j0ny2]

Here's my solution UR A FREAKIN GENIUS

[MiSsDeViLiShCaT]

COOOOOL!!

[jabawalkyrules]

My class did this like 2 years but with a celery

[huevoesponja]

it only works with carnations?

[mayaDUDE998]

@huevoesponja no i've seen it work with white roses.

[hitachi088]

@huevoesponja

works with celery too .

most vegetable that suck up water when put in a vase .

[davidt2468]

I'm going to split the stem so there's a different colour for each petal. So i'll need to find out which part of the stem supplies water to each different petal.

[XxusagibunnyxX]

we did this for halloween so they turned black and orange

[italianwog28]

i done this in elementary school, i was like 'lolwut' and yeaaaaaaaaa

[HEKODON]

You need only whit flowers? Or Any color?

[freaklotto]

@HEKODON white flowers will allow the colors to show more. but u can use any food coloring u want.

[omgitsjihah]

I Wish Steve Spangles is myc SCIENCE teacher :)

[jocax188723]

Well,

The xylem in the stem of the flower, which are like blood vessels, except smaller and bunched together into small groups, suck the water up because of capillary effect. Capillary effect is when the water, and whatever is in it, in this case, food coloring, gets sucked up a narrow tube. This occurs because of the unusual polar properties water actually has. The fluid travels up the stem and into veins in the respective bunch's petals, making them red.

[maribakumon]

as the plants cells absorb the water for its purposes but it also absorbs the food coloring which is shown in the leaves or flower

[Jaspirita]

So that's how the grocery stores make all those really pretty coloured daisies and carnations! I figured it was something like this, but I wasn't sure of the whole process. Now I can make some really -bright- bouquets in colours -I- like ^_^

[MrParmproductions]

capillary action through the xylem

[dmanewas]

Whats happening is call osmosis :D

[colinprprpr]

how does this work? Like a plant normally does? lol

[rajandtv]

coool

[THIESSENScomedy]

it sucks up the water

[jojo1212824]

its about the things inside a flower and they are like tubes and if its half and half in different water colors the water goes up through the tube and the color will go in the flower and there u have a cool flower

[PSNDonutDude]

@jojo1212824 Xylem and Phloem?

[yan2001123]

@jojo1212824 yep

[thebluemadness]

Will it still work if the stem isn't cut?

[pubetube9090]

@thebluemadness Yes but it will all be one color.

[XxNathanxX7]

so you can pee on one of the vases and you can make a yellow flower?

[craxtaplow]

@XxNathanxX7 i don't think so because pee isn't always yellow and that pee also contains salt so it will eventually take away all of the liquids so the flower couldn't suck it up

[98izzie]

@XxNathanxX7 no you'd kill it

[SolidArch]

how do you make a blue rose then? i heard you can't use a regular dye.

[dukilaki]

thats explanation on fotosintese proces

[kristjan117]

what if i cut it in 4, would it still work or would the flower die?

[birnirmos]

the color goes into the flower with the water :D

[pawningcity]

The plant takes up water from the xylem by osmosis and because the xylem carries water to petals according to where the veins are (half and half) the petals get coulered in half

[paintballhead03]

i like it how you need glasses for everything he does

[leonardomafucci]

that's just some biology stuff becoz the xylem is responsible for water absorption so the color changes when food coloring is added

[SouthernKudzu]

Now that's pretty cool!!

[MrJustCS]

@lucidies it will be half-half

[RoPWU]

I could make a black rose!

[WooScore]

@RoPWU Nah, roses are red.

[BlueLizardX]

@RoPWU just put some black dye in the water, it may be gray, if so try with more dye

[MagnumX2000]

@RoPWU i don't know if there is black food coloring

[jakobneirinck]

@RoPWU please try it!

[DogsnPuppies101]

@RoPWU that's already been invented.

[illicitdolphin]

Wow, this gives me an idea...RAINBOWS!!!!

[WpA09]

@illicitdolphin double rainbow all the way!!!

[TntTomPyro]

I've done it with four different colors that was great

[Saromi7]

thats aweshum X)

[TurboLesbianLover]

Magic

[lucidies]

wow cool! could you do this with both vases having color in them? how would it turn out that way?

[StewieHW]

@lucidies The same as this, except both sides get an exotic color.

[MsSuperChannel]

Ive done this before...except it was with celery, lol :)

[TiFFANYSREYES]

can I put another color int the other glass so its two diffrent colors?

[IEatCows]

@TiFFANYSREYES yes you can :)

[BlueLizardX]

@TiFFANYSREYES yes and you can split the stilk in more then to, for more colours

[moonmicky132]

@TiFFANYSREYES yes u can :)

[MsSofieG]

@TiFFANYSREYES Yes :)

[edv11nas]

@TiFFANYSREYES ofcourse you can. You can even make 3 or more colors, but it will be harder to cut the flower.

[qyx6amhk]

@TiFFANYSREYES yes u can :)

[WinbookXL3]

@TiFFANYSREYES yep i did this way back in 1990 in highschool i got an a i was the smartest kid in town:)

[rajandtv]

@TiFFANYSREYES yes u can

[Brazilboy101]

@TiFFANYSREYES Yes :D

[ceceunity]

@TiFFANYSREYES that will b sooo cool

[fidhamu]

@TiFFANYSREYES : yes ofcource, i have made it in school

[dumle29]

@TiFFANYSREYES Yep :D

[luigishotu]

@TiFFANYSREYES of course

[hitachi088]

@TiFFANYSREYES

yeah .

[britybird4lyfe124]

@TiFFANYSREYES yeah ive done it



[Einahpets1007]

@TiFFANYSREYES yes you can theres another video by Steve where he made a carnation two different colors

[abc123mell]

@TiFFANYSREYES yes cuz the two halves of the stem transport the water (or dyed water in this case) to two separate halves of the flower, so the colors wont mix

[fuzzycoconut1]

@TiFFANYSREYES yess u can i've seen a rose and sum1 split the stem into 4 then placed it in 4 diff vases each wif a diff colour :)

[kayleeboots]

@TiFFANYSREYES it said on his website you could...o.o

[TheWillster14]

its because of the dye in food coloring, water goes to stem, dye stain the petal, tada

[andreasfr1]

would this work with 3 different colors? like blue, red and green?

[boardiee]

haha that's awesome :)

[barthan123]

respiration:D

[bigphong]

The water goes into the stem and up to the leaves for it to come out, making the petals red from the water they're taking up. Simple O-o

[manoffire11]

Awesome



[colman280rocks]

I think that the flower soaks up the water

[Dogdog29]

epicly awesome

[hrdanni]

pretty obvious

[scatchntrance]

hehh i know this:D

[xAllAboutMe]

I love it!

[kimboslicerulesfan15]

pritty cool!!!

[runnybabbit12]

@kimboslicerulesfan15 pretty*

[sumsumxx11]

ive done this before

[Paner91]

This is really amazing!