| There are various types of food coloring on the | | | | as essential to have the shade of coloring desired. It |
| market - paste, liquid and powdered. There are also | | | | is much better to get a slightly deeper shade at this |
| the new gel pastes and gel colors. Paste colors are | | | | time for whenever you mix it into the complete |
| on occasion favored for a number of reasons, and | | | | contents of the bowl, it'll obviously develop into a |
| paste colors are used and recommended by expert | | | | lighter shade. |
| cake decorators for many of the same reasons. | | | | IMPORTANT-If one more color needs to be added |
| Paste colors won't change the stability of your icings | | | | to obtain a particular shade, replicate the steps |
| as liquid colors will do. They are much stronger, giving | | | | outlined in 1 to 3, before you stir the first portion into |
| you deeper, darker colors. Paste colors are more | | | | the rest of the icing inside your bowl. |
| concentrated-with a little going a long way. Paste | | | | While the fact that the proper use of color in cake |
| colors come in jars. The Liquid Gel colors are fairly | | | | decorating cannot be overemphasized, it should also |
| new on the market; they're a cross between a paste | | | | be mentioned here that the easy principles are usually |
| plus a liquid. They are available in squeeze bottles. | | | | easily learned. Once learned it can be applied with a |
| These items are usually purchased at stores that sell | | | | great deal of success to even one of the most |
| cake and candy decorating supplies. | | | | formidable cake decorating project. |
| To add paste colors to your icing, the next steps | | | | Color: Before essentially going into the topic of |
| ought to be taken: | | | | colored icings, a short conversation of color itself is in |
| 1. Scoop out small portion of icing out of your jar and | | | | in order. The full study of color can, of course, |
| place it in your bowl, but keep it separated along the | | | | occupy a lifetime, but in its application to cake |
| side of the bowl. Place a tiny dab of paste color on | | | | decorating it may be greatly simplified. To begin with, |
| your spatula-knife. | | | | similar rules that apply to the blending of the artist's |
| 2. Mix the paste into a small portion of icing on the | | | | colors apply as well to food colors. When the artist |
| side of your bowl. Be cautious not to mix it in with | | | | desires green he mixes the appropriate proportions |
| the main portion of icing in this step. | | | | of blue and yellow, when the image calls for violet he |
| 3. Blend the small portion thoroughly and add | | | | simply mixes red and blue. A look at a color wheel will |
| additional paste | | | | show how all the probable color combinations are |
| 4. Stir the small percentage of icing into the contents | | | | manufactured from the 3 primary colors-blue, yellow |
| of the remainder of the bowl, mixing it thoroughly so | | | | and red. |
| the colour is evenly blended with the entire icing. color | | | | |