here<\/strong><\/a>) and a master egg dyer. Musnicki and his family dye several dozen eggs in anticipation of the annual Easter egg hunt with friends and family. He shares a few of his tips below:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI0MDAiIGhlaWdodD0iNTQ1Ij48cmVjdCB3aWR0aD0iMTAwJSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxMDAlIj48YW5pbWF0ZSBhdHRyaWJ1dGVOYW1lPSJmaWxsIiB2YWx1ZXM9InJnYmEoMTUzLDE1MywxNTMsMC41KTtyZ2JhKDE1MywxNTMsMTUzLDAuMSk7cmdiYSgxNTMsMTUzLDE1MywwLjUpIiBkdXI9IjJzIiByZXBlYXRDb3VudD0iaW5kZWZpbml0ZSIgLz48L3JlY3Q+PC9zdmc+\")
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\u201cWe dye our eggs with natural dyes and have developed a few interesting techniques over the years,\u201d said Musnicki. \u201cThey not only take on nice natural tones and subtle textures. They also blend in really well with nature.\u201d So, the egg hunts end up being challenging for all ages.<\/p>\n
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\u201cOur hunts are usually held in the woods with a small group on a stretch of walking trail with diverse background opportunities and at my mom\u2019s in Bridgehampton, with the entire family, where the backgrounds there have taken eggs forever a few times. In fact, one from last year\u2019s hunt just surfaced this week, one year later!\u201d<\/p>\n
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Musnicki has experimented with a long list of color-conferring grocery items, and while he continues to find new options, he said the best color bases by far are:<\/p>\n
Yellow onion skin (for deep yellow)
\nRed onion skin (for red brown)
\nTurmeric (for lighter yellow)
\nDark coffee (for browns, greys and black tones)
\nBeets (for red)<\/p>\n
Musnicki said he leans mostly on the first four and can mix them to make an assortment of other colors. Coffee and beets can work well, but require a long egg soaking for the color to stick. Either way, experimentation and patience are the egg artist\u2019s best friends. \u201cYou can vary the intensity by varying the time in the bath. The effects change as the baths sit and are contaminated with other colors.\u201d He also noted that you can vary the color by using brown and white eggs. \u201cThe real cool stuff happens when you combine colors: take a blue one and put it in yellow for a little while and you get a rare green one that disappears if you just drop it on the lawn.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cNo two greens ever come out the same because the contamination from that bath makes the next one less intense.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe usually end up with every egg being a little different and if they aren\u2019t, a quick dip in a different color usually does the trick!\u201d<\/p>\n
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This story was originally published in April 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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