Understanding the calculator

[knoe]

I'm wondering what the colors stand for in the calculator for hardiness, creamy, suds etc. should I be shooting for green? What does the orange and pink colors mean?

 

[Yooper]

The colors are guidelines, so that you can be aware of the recommended ranges. That said, you can definitely go outside of those ranges and still make good soap! For example, this soap is low on conditioning according to the calculator, right at the bottom of the range, but I did super fat it 6%, so it’s a very nice soap anyway!

Green means in the range, red means out of the range, and orange means near the limits of the range.