No. The food coloring is water based and will not mix with the wax. (Like trying to get water and oil to mix.) The coloring has to be oil based.
Susan

Gotcha! Thanks!

I planned on making candles someday along with soaps, but decided to just buy them & shower gels instead. Now I'm back to wanting to make candles again. But first I have to use up all my store-boughts. I guess I'll have to buy more colorants again then! Oh well. LOL

Not necessarily. A crayon will work. Crayons are basically the same thing as the color blocks/chips that you buy to color candle wax with. If my mind had been functioning properly, I would have thought to tell you that in the last post! LOL.
Susan

Well then I'll go back to using crayons! LOL They're cheaper anyhow & you get so many more colors to choose from, without mixing!

Yep, I love the color assortment! LOL. I have found that "cheap" crayons don't seem to have the color intensity that Crayola Crayons have, so I stick to Crayola, for both coloring :) and dying candles!
Susan

I've also found out cheap (i.e., dollar store) crayons are harder & as such take much longer to melt, thus, more difficult to mix through the candle wax.

How do you color pre made candles?

Hi there. I am "trying" to help out some ladies in Sri Lanka to color candles, resources are very limited. Do you melt the crayon and then add to the melted wax? They have been told if they can make cream coloured candles they will get quite a big order. Any suggestions on making cream coloured candles would be very much appreciated. Thank you

Hi. You can melt both separately, then blend, but if you are doing a big batch you have to stir A LOT to ensure your color is uniform. Try instead melting the color into the wax as the wax melts until the right color is obtained. To test the color, drip a few drops on a bright white surface every now and then & let solidify. Test often. The new additions will melt quickly into the warm wax and can be stirred in easily. Hope this helps

I need some advice on coloring 100% beeswax for ornaments. I used black crayola crayons to color the wax and everything went perfectly. After casting the images I rubbed them with cinnamon and got the perfect look. Now, a month later, the ornaments are turning bluish/grey. It seems as though the bluish/grey tint is a powder forming all over the ornaments. It isn't bloom from the beeswax; I think it is from coloring with crayons.

Has anyone experienced this?

When making soy candles and tarts, they get frosting, you can sometimes buff the frosting out , if does not go to deep. I like my tops to my candles to still have that glossy look after I buff them, any suggests other than hitting them with a heat gun?

How to make pure white candles?is there any chemical required? Is there any diy technique to make it white?

There are white candle dyes on the market.

Or maybe the wicks just werten''t the right ones for the wax & diameter of your candles.

Cheri, crayon wax doesn't work well with any wick. Crayons aren't the best option for colouring candles as they make the flame last for a shorter time than expected. You can get good pigment but it doesn't function well for candles. Try looking for candle colorants which are liquid or you could use candle colour blocks. A colour block is basically candle wax (no wick) mixed with A LOT of pigment. It is a very strongly pigmented chunk of wax. You cut bits of and melt them into your candle wax. Both methods work well.