Create a living work of art

Experience the Colorful Swirls of Milk Art!​

Equipment

  • Milk

  • Food coloring

  • Plate or shallow dish

  • Brush or teaspoon

  • Dish soap

Instructions

  1. Pour milk into a plate, ensuring the bottom is evenly covered.​

  2. Add a few drops of food coloring into the milk – feel free to use multiple colors to create an exciting pattern.​

  3. Use a teaspoon, cotton swab, or the back of a brush to spread the colors and create beautiful patterns and shapes in the milk.​

  4. Add a drop of dish soap to the center of your milk art. Observe the cool effect!​

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WHAT happens?

Milk consists of water, fat, and proteins. When you add food coloring to the milk, the color stays on the surface because it’s water-based and doesn’t easily mix with the milk’s fat. When you add a drop of dish soap, something surprising happens: The soap contains molecules that bind to fat with one end and to water with the other. These molecules start breaking down the fat molecules in the milk, creating movement in the liquid. This movement causes the colors to spread and form swirling patterns. The colors follow the currents that arise as the soap disperses and breaks down the fat – this is what makes your milk art begin to “live.”​

Create a living work of art Experience the Colorful Swirls of Milk Art!​ WHAT happens? Milk consists of water, fat, and proteins. When you add food coloring to the milk, the color stays on the surface because it’s water-based and doesn’t easily mix with the milk’s fat. When you add a drop of dish soap,….Click to read more