Color Mixing
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ANTIQUE GOLD: Add just an extremely small touch of Leaf Green to golden yellow
 

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APRICOT: 2 parts Orange, 1 part Golden Yellow
 

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AQUA: Sky Blue and Leaf Green
 

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AVOCADO: Use Moss Green color or 4 parts Lemon Yellow, 1 part Leaf Green, Touch of Black
 

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BLACK: Our paste color or Royal Blue, Christmas Red, Orange and Lemon Or
mix left over color icing together, then add Black
 

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Brick Red: Red and Brown
 

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BURGUNDY: 5 parts Rose Pink, 1 part Violet
 

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CHARTREUSE: 9 parts Lemon Yellow, 1 part Leaf Green
 

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COPPER: 1 part Golden Yellow, 1 part Brown, 1 part Christmas Red
 

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CORAL: Watermelon makes a very attractive coral color. Or bright Creamy Peach Or 3 parts Rose Pink, 2 parts Lemon Yellow
 

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DUSTY ROSE: 5 parts Rose Pink, 1 part Violet
 

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Eggplant  Mix Navy Blue into the amount of icing you are going to use for your project. Then mix Super Red into a smaller amount of icing. Add the Super Red icing to the Navy Blue icing until you get the eggplant color you want.
You can also try it with Royal Blue instead of Navy Blue, depending on the shade of “eggplant” you want.

 

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FLESH: Add just an extremely small touch of Copper to white icing. Ivory can also be used. Light pink with a small amount of brown
 

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GOLD: 10 parts Lemon Yellow, 3 parts Orange, 1 part Red
 

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GRAPE: 1 part Sky Blue, 6 parts Rose Pink
 

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GRAY: Add just a touch of Black to white icing
 

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HUNTER GREEN: Kelly Green and a touch of black
 

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IVORY: Use Ivory paste
 

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JADE: Leaf green, royal blue and a touch of black
 

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LAVENDER: Pink and violet Or 5 parts Pink, 1 part Violet
 

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MARIGOLD: Lemon Yellow and orange
 

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MAROON: Burgundy and Red Red Or 4 parts Red Red, 2 parts Burgundy
 

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MAUVE: Touch of Burgundy with very little black Or 5 parts Rose Pink, 2 parts Orange, 2 parts Red, 2 Parts Black
 

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Melon: 1 part orange and 3 parts bakers rose
 

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MISTY GREEN: Leaf Green, Royal Blue and a touch of black
 

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MOSS GREEN: violet and lemon yellow Or 2 parts Violet, 3 parts Lemon Yellow
 

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MULBERRY: Rose with a touch of Royal Blue
 

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NAVY BLUE: Royal blue and black Or 1 Part Sky Blue, 1 part Violet
 

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PERIWINKLE: Blue and purple
 

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Persimmon: 1 part orange and 1Part bakers rose
 

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PLUM: 1 part Violet, a touch of Christmas Red
 

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RASPBERRY: Pink and Red Red Or 3 parts Rose Pink, 1 part Christmas Red
 

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RUBY RED: 1 part Red Red, a touch of Black
 

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RUST: Orange, Red Red and Brown Or 8 parts Orange, 2 parts Red Red, 1 part Brown
 

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Sea Gold:  2 parts Sky Blue and 1 part Leaf Green
 

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SILVER: We do not advise attempting to simulate silver color in icing. Instead, add silver leaves or other silver accessories to the cake. Or 1 part Black, 1 part Blue
 

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Skin tone:  12 part Orange and 4 part Bakers Rose and 1 part Royal Blue
 

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TEAL: Use teal paste color or lemon yellow and sky blue Or 9 parts Sky Blue, small amount of Lemon Yellow
 

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TURQUOISE: Sky Blue and Lemon Yellow Or 6 parts Sky Blue, 1 part Lemon Yellow
 

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WARM GOLD: Use Golden Yellow with just a touch of brown
 

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Wine:  3 parts Christmas Red and 2  parts Rose Pink