Products

Colour sand

Decorative rangoli powder in easy-pour bottles and loose pack, sold under the Decora line.

Colour sand is decorative powder for rangoli — the floor art made at the threshold of a house during Indian festivals. It is sold loose and in easy-pour bottles under the Decora line, and it is the quietest product in the range: nobody throws it, and it is made to sit still and hold its colour on a floor for days.

Outside rangoli, the same product is craft material. Layered sand jars, school art, table decoration and event floor work all use it, and that trade is steadier through the year than the festival peak.

Where it is used

Colour sand beyond the obvious occasion

Rangoli
Floor patterns at the entrance of a home during Diwali and other festivals, made freehand or over a stencil.
Craft and schools
Sand art, layered bottles and classroom activity, where washability and non-toxicity matter more than saturation.
Event floor work
Entrance pieces and stage floors for weddings and functions, laid the night before and expected to hold.

What rangoli is

Rangoli is a pattern made on the floor, traditionally at the doorway, as a welcome and as an auspicious mark during festivals. It is most associated with Diwali but is made at weddings, at Onam and Pongal under other names, and on ordinary mornings in many households.

The patterns are geometric, floral, or figurative, worked freehand from a grid of dots or laid over a stencil. Material varies by region and occasion — rice flour, flower petals, coloured powder — and coloured sand is the version that holds a sharp edge and a strong colour for longest.

Why grain and fastness matter here

A rangoli powder has almost the opposite requirement to a Holi colour. Gulal has to leave; rangoli has to stay. The grain has to pour in a controlled line from a pinched hand or a bottle nozzle without running, and the colour has to survive a day of foot traffic and evening damp without going muddy at the edges where two colours meet.

That is a milling and a pigment problem rather than a formulation one, and it is why this is a separate line rather than dyed gulal in a different pack.

Before you order

What is worth settling early

Format: Sold loose and in easy-pour bottles. The bottle is the retail format and the one that moves through the dealer network; loose is what event and craft buyers usually want.
Not for skin: This is a decorative floor product, not a play colour. It is not formulated to be thrown or worn, and should not be substituted for gulal.
Specifications: Shade range, grain, bottle sizes and carton configuration are issued per quotation against current production.

Before you ask

Questions about colour sand

What is rangoli powder made of?

Rangoli is made from several materials depending on region and occasion — rice flour, flower petals, or coloured powder. Coloured sand is the version that holds a sharp edge and strong colour longest, which is why it is the common choice for patterns meant to last more than a few hours. The requirement is close to the opposite of a Holi colour: gulal is formulated to wash away, while rangoli powder has to pour in a controlled line and survive a day of foot traffic without going muddy where two colours meet.

Can rangoli colour be used for Holi?

No, and the two should not be substituted for each other. Colour sand is a decorative floor product, milled and pigmented to stay put and hold a defined edge. Gulal is milled on a corn-starch base specifically so that it clears from skin and fabric. Using a floor product as a play colour means using something never formulated to be worn, which is the wrong way round on both performance and sense.

Made on the same lines

Colour powdersHoli gulal in the full shade range, on a corn-starch base with chemical-free raw materials. Retail packs and bulk.Colour gadgetsGulal poppers, colour cylinders and spray formats — the gadget end of the festival range.