just as an update, i thought i'd share the results of our egg coloring.
i labeled a few eggs in the photo and listed below what they were dyed with. this will be good for me too, to keep as a visual record. almost all of the eggs were dipped/soaked in room-temperatue dyes except for the two eggs which were boiled straight in with the red cabbage and vinegar. ok, here is the color key:
1. beets
2. red cabbage
3. tumeric
4. * over-soaked in coffee, then in beets
5. boiled with cabbage then soaked after for a few hours.
6. * brown egg soaked in tumeric
*i can't tell which is which actually...