I've always used food colouring. As someone who cannot stand eating hard-boiled eggs, I always give them to someone who likes them and let them eat them in whatever way they desire.

I haven't dyed eggs for a very long timg.  We always just used the dye kits.  I'm not a fan of most of the natural dyes, although I have seen a few that work well.  We didn't eat the eggs (except maybe once?), too many of us were intolerant.  My mom also used to like to keep them out until they started to smell.  I think we also made pysanky once.  I found some wood ones at the farmers market and gave them to my mom, she loves them!

When I was a child we always died hard boiled eggs and hollow eggs once my mom learned how to "blow" out the egg from within.  We used food colouring.  I loved it!

We had some of them in our potato salad and made sandwiches, and others like chemgal posted, started to smell after they had been around for quite a bit, so out they went.

I tried the same tradition with my children, but it didn't seem to be a big thing with them.  Maybe some of it was that I was not as enthusiastic as an adult as I was as a child.

Onion skins, lichen… vinegar & food colourings… it's a lot of fun and healthier (and MUCH more ethically sound) than chocolate pig-outs.

(As you probably know, The pleasures of chocolate, especially cheaper chocolate, still come at the expense of child slaves in Africa.)

Mike, onion skins and lichen don't sound too tasty though. 

sorry folks, i just had to share this whimsical documentary

Praise be Jeshua Cottontail

Chemgal: you don't EAT them… you dye the egg shells with them. Onion skin gives you "golden" eggs; lichens can give you various colours. Abd it;s fun to experiment with.

We used to do Ukranian style eggs every Easter when we would all gather at the cottage.  Although we're not Ukranian, my sister in law was a teacher & had all the dyes & little beeswax stylus thingies that she used as a class activity - so she brought them up to the cottage & we all had a grand time.  Actually, I just dragged the eggs out of the cupboard again this week - I always enjoy using them as a table centrepiece.  My neice & I were looking at them last night - some are dated 1992!! 

Every other year of my life I've been in Canada for Easter, and my answers from back home would be: yes, I dye; colour tablets & vinegar; no, I've never tried natural dyes; yes on the sandwiches.

This year, however, I'm in South Korea. The eggs commonly found in grocery stores are all brown. I haven't seen any egg-colouring kits for sale here. Anyone have any good ideas on how to colour brown eggs? 

Beets might work (if available), MC jae.

Hand Paint them Jae with acrylics