We recommend the following quantities for your colour run or coloured powder celebration.

• Primary school colour run: 200g per participant

• High school colour run: 200g-250g participant

• Universities and Colleges: 250g-300g per participant

• Children’s birthday parties: 200g-300g per participant (smaller children will need less)

• Adult events: 400g per participant

• Community events: 300g per participant

You might be wondering how you make sure that everyone at your colour event gets equally colourful and no one misses out, here are our suggestions:

• Know how much of each colour you have for each participant. For example, if you have 200grams per participant with 5 colours, that’s 40grams per colour per participant.This is approx. 2 large handfuls of colour per participant. Communicate this to the people that are throwing the colour powder (“throwers”) so there is enough for everyone.

• Group the participants into waves eg 25 people and stagger them through the course or activity. Allocate a certain amount of colour powder to each wave, for 25 people you could allocate 1kg of each colour which gives you 40grams per colour per participant (2x handfuls). Communicate this to your throwers.

• If your buget is tight, incorporate other ways of getting colourful and messy such as slime, mud, foam, coloured water so that you don’t need so much coloured powder.

• Throw one colour exclusively for a certain period of time, eg for 7min everyone runs around the course or activity as many times they like whist all the red colour powder is thrown. The goal is for everyone to hop, skip and jump around however fast or slow they like and to have run out of the red colour before the end of the allocated time. Repeat for each colour.

No water is not necessary. However, spraying participants with water before colour stations does help the powder stick better to clothes and skin. This could include running through sprinklers, having event volunteers armed with water pistols or garden hoses and/or recruiting the assistance of your local community fire brigade.

Yes, many people have used our colour powder for a "colour burst" from an exhaust or tailpipe with great results.

As this is not the intended use of the coloured powder and we do not guarantee that it will work. Any use of our powders in this manner is at your own risk.

Our powders are best thrown by hand as you get a better result ie more colour on the person and accuracy (ie not in face) with a throw by hand. For each “thrower” empty a few kilos of the coloured powder into buckets/containers and instruct the thrower to scoop/throw with one hand.

Over the years we’ve tried all sorts of squeeze bottles etc to ‘spray’ the powder and always found them to be unnecessary. We think they are a waste of plastic and money because there’s not much else you can do with them afterwards.

Delivery times and prices for online orders can be found <here>

We recommend you order at least 2 weeks in advance of your event in case there are any unforseen delays that are out of our control (eg, weather, freight delays, public holidays)

We have limited production capacity orders fulfilled on a first come, first served basis. Please get your order in as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

The colours look best on either white or black.

To preserve the colour on clothes the best way is to:

• Promptly change out of your coloured gear and do not shake off any excess colour powder.

• Lay the clothes flat and spray generously (ie soak it) with white vinegar

• Allow to dry lying flat then iron with high heat to set the colour (use a rag between clothes and iron)

• Turn inside out and put in tumble dryer for 10min on high heat

• Wash and wear proudly – colour will eventually fade

Our colour will wash out of clothes and off skin with soap. The powder can be swept off hard surfaces or washed away with bucket of water or hose. It is biodegradable and will not damage grass, pavements or harm waterways.

Please ask for our Safety Data Sheet if you need more information.

We often receive requests for colour powder donations from charities, schools, community groups all across Australia and New Zealand.

As a very small business, we can’t afford to be give product to everyone that asks. We are happy to give away lots of free advice, tips and ideas to make your fundraiser a huge success - just ask us!

After many years of importing colour powder from India in 2022 we started manufacturing the colour powder ourselves on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland! We believe that having colour fun shouldn’t cost the planet or people, our colour powder is just the same as the imported powder but with a much lower carbon footprint, is ethically made and helps support businesses in Australia.

Yes! Bulk discounts apply to online orders as shown on our Online Ordering and Prices page . The more you buy, the cheaper it is!

If you are planning a HUGE event, please Request a Quote or Contact us for our best prices.

No. As the only Australian made colour powder manufacturer and seller in Australia, our colour powder is unique and can't be compared to other sellers that import from India, China, America where the costs, labor conditions and taxes are different.

We live in Australia and all our suppliers are Australian. EVERY cent spent on our colour powder goes back into the Australian economy which benefits all of us!

It is predominantly (~99%) Australian Wheaten starch (CAS #9005-25-8) known as Cornflour in Australia mixed with the food colourings listed below (~1%).

We also add small amounts of the following preservatives:

- Tricalcium phosphate E341 (CAS No: 7758-87-4) is for anti clumping and common in baby powder

- Calcium Propionate E282 (CAS No: 4075-81-4) is a mould inhibitor common in bread and dairy products

The synthetic food colourings used to colour the powders are:

• Brilliant Blue E133

• Tartrazine E102

• Carmoisine E122

• Ponceau E124

• Amaranth E123

• Sunset Yellow E110

Quality Coloured Powder recommends that anyone with a known allergy to any of these food colourings do not contact the powder.

No. Despite being made from what we call in Australia “cornflour”, the actual grain is Australian Wheat. It is technically called ‘Wheaten Starch’ and contains gluten.

All the gluten free (Maize) cornflour available in Australia is imported from overseas, this is why we have decided use the Australian wheat based cornflour for our coloured powder.

The colour powder will create a cloud of colour powder in the air, for most people inhaling a small amount of the colour powder as they move through the cloud is not problematic.

However asthmatics and people with other respiratory issues should use caution, given that it would not be ideal for them to be present in any area of floating particulates as this may trigger an autoimmune response.

Quality Coloured Powder is not aware of any instances where there has been a respiratory reaction requiring intervention. This may be due to preventative measures such as diversion lanes around the colour powder cloud or wearing a face mask.

It may cause a bit of irritation but nothing serious, immediately flush any affected area with water. For eye protection we recommend that people BYO goggles or sunglasses.

Our colour powder is made of cornflour and food grade dyes. It easily cleans up off participants and the surrounding environment. We encourage hand throwing of powder at colour stations by adults, to reduce plastic bottle waste. To avoid wastage only purchase the amount needed based on the number of participants.

With a DIY colour run event, you can also choose not to incentivise participant fundraising with plastic toys. “Experience” prizes for vouchers to movies, Fun parks, mini-golf etc where the whole family can go together are great motivators when most kids have bikes, ipads and other devices.

Many of our customers encourage participants to bring their own t-shirt, sunglasses or goggles to the event.

Yes we sure can! Our smallest batch size for a special colour is 25kg. Please get in contact to discuss further.

No we don't, the freight costs are too expensive.

Yep we sure do. Returns need to be arranged within 14 days of your coloured powder event. Packets must be in a condition that can be resold (unopened and undamaged) for a refund. A restocking fee of $20.00 applies. The purchaser bears the cost of postage to Mount Coolum Queensland 4573. Call or email to arrange a return.

Returns due to event cancellation or change of mind are at our discretion.