The Plastic Mixer is a machine with two functions:
To solidify Liquid Plastic fluid to solid Plastic sheets, using red, green and blue dyes to colour the sheets.
To melt solid Plastic sheets into Liquid Plastic. This requires a minimum temperature of 150°C (423K).
CraftTweaker support adds the ability to specify any item and liquid combination for melting and/or solidifying purposes. It is possible to specify that items should only be melted, fluids should only be solidified, or to allow a two-way process.
While the solidification target item can be any item, it makes most sense to use colourable items here, since dyes are always used, regardless of whether or not the output item is colourable.