Is there a bigger chart of food coloring combos for icing?!
Is there a bigger chart of food coloring combos for icing?
All I have is the ones on the back of the box but I was wanting more. I don't want to mess up the icing color and have to start again!
Answers:
In the center are the primary colors - Red, Yellow, and Blue. From these, all others are made.
In the inner ring are secondary colors - orange, green, violet, made by mixing equal amounts of primary colors. Mix red and yellow for orange, mix red and blue for violet, and mix blue and yellow for green.
In the outer ring are the tertiary colors - achieved by mixing varying amounts of one primary color with the adjacent primary. Mix a large amount of red with a small
amount of blue and you will get a red-violet color. Do the opposite for blue-violet. Increase or decrease amounts form many hues in between.
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Blending Of Colors
Color Mixing Chart: use these variations when mixing colors.
TIPS:
1. To lighten any color, add small amounts of white icing
2. To darken any color, add small amounts of specified darker color of icing
3. For pastels, add 2 parts of white icing to 1 part of any colored icing
4. For purple icing using buttercream, the icing may have blue casts if you don't use milk to make your buttercream.
TIPS:Apricot - 2 parts Orange & 1 part Egg Yellow Maroon - 4 parts Red Red & 2 parts Burgundy Raspberry - 3 parts Bakers Rose & 1 part Christmas Red
Aqua - 5 parts Sky Blue & 1 part Leaf Green Ivory - 1 Liquid Whitener & a touch of Brown and Egg Yellow Ruby Red - 1 part Holiday Red and a touch of Black
Avocado - 4 parts Lemon Yellow & 1 part Leaf Green and a touch of Black Jade - 1 Leaf Green & 1 Royal Blue & a touch of Black Rust - 8 parts orange & 2 parts Red Red & 1 part brown
Burgundy - 5 parts Bakers Rose & 1 part Violet Lavender - 5 parts pink & 1 part Violet Sea Gold- 2 parts Sky Blue & 1 part Leaf Green
Chartreuse - 2 parts Lemon Yellow & 1 Leaf Green Marigold - 3 parts Lemon Yellow & 1 part orange Silver - 1 part Black and 1 part Blue
Copper - 1 part Egg Yellow & 1 part Brown & 1 Christmas Red Melon - 1 part Orange & 3 parts Bakers Rose Skin tone - 12 parts orange & 4 parts Bakers Rose & 1 part Royal Blue
Coral - 3 parts Rose Pink & 2 parts Lemon Yellow Moss Green - 2 parts Violet & 3 parts Lemon Yellow Teal - 9 parts Sky Blue & 1/2 part Lemon Yellow
Dusty Rose - 2 parts Christmas Red & 1 part Malt Brown Navy Blue - 1 part Sky Blue & 1 part Violet Turquoise - 6 parts Sky Blue & 1 part Lemon Yellow
Gold - 10 parts Lemon Yellow & 3 parts Orange & 1 part Christmas Red Persimmon - 1 part Orange & 1 part Bakers Rose Wine - 3 parts Holiday Red & 2 parts Rose Pink
Plum - 1 part Violet & a touch of Christmas Red Grape - 1 part Sky Blue & 6 parts Bakers Rose Misty Green - 2parts Leaf Green & 1 part of Royal Blue & a touch of Black
Note: Blend the colors before adding them to the icing. Add the blended color to the icing to get the shade desired.