調色參考

COLOR BLENDING:
Color:	Parts:
Black	Because it takes such a strong concentration of color to produce black, it is easier to buy black color. Mixing black color IS possible, but you need to use very strong paste colors and a LOT of it which makes the recipe bitter. A pinch of salt will help with the bitterness, but the only way to get a good strong black is with a LOT of color, especially when using gel color. Be careful with black. It will stain just about anything it touches. Use white icing with a combination of royal blue, red, orange and lemon. Or, start with a dark brown color or chocolate icing (made with melted chocolate and/or black or Dutch process cocoa) and add black. I Just keep adding more black color SLOWLY until you reach your desired color. Remember colors darken as they sit. For small amounts of black icing (for piping buttons, dots, etc) you can just add enough black food coloring to your white icing to create black
Brown	To make brown, mix red and green gel or paste color or melt unsweetened chocolate or use cocoa powder and mix it into your white icing. Brown color occasionally has a green overtone to it which occurs with the presence of acid in the icing; lemon juice or cream of tartar, so omit. Also dissolving brown color in 1/4 teaspoon water before adding to icing will eliminate the green tone.
Red	Making dark red icing can be a challenge. Make your icing a day ahead of time. That dark pink icing will darken over time and turn into the red you need if you give it 24 hours.
Purple	If using purple color for buttercream icing make sure there is milk added for the liquid. You’ll find your icing won’t fade blue as it crusts.
Pastels	add 2 parts of white icing to 1 part of any colored icing
Apricot	2 Orange + 1 Golden Yellow
Aqua	5 Sky Blue + 1 Leaf Green
Avocado	4 Lemon Yellow + 1 Leaf Green + touch of black
Burgundy	5 Rose Pink + 1 Violet
Chartreuse	5 Lemon Yellow + 1 Leaf Green
Rust	8 Orange + 2 Red + 1 Brown
Copper	1 Golden Yellow + 1 Brown + 1 Xmas-Red
Hunter Green	Kelly Green + small amount of black
Coral	3 Rose Pink + 2 Lemon Yellow
Lavender	5 Pink + 1 Violet
Black	Mix left over color icing together, then add black skin tone – Use a small amount of copper
Silver (Gray)	1 Black + 1 Blue
Turquoise	6 Sky Blue + 1 Lemon Yellow
Teal	9 Sky Blue + small amount of Lemon Yellow
Dusty Rose	5 Rose Pink + 1 Violet
Mauve	5 Rose Pink + 2 Orange + 2 Red + 2 Black
Plum	1 Violet + a touch of Christmas Red
Gold	10 Lemon Yellow + 3 Orange + 1 Red
Maroon	4 Red Red + 2 Burgundy
Ivory	Use ivory paste
Moss Green	2 Violet + 3 Lemon Yellow
Navy Blue	1 Sky Blue + 1 Violet
Grape	1 Sky Blue + 6 Rose Pink
Raspberry	3 Rose Pink + 1 Christmas Red
Ruby Red	1 Red Red + 1 touch black