I have been trying to tint my royal icing black, brown and red but they are turning out more of a gray, tan and pink!!! Does it take an entire container of food coloring paste to get it right?

Thank you for any help that you can be on this matter!

~ Kim

It takes quite a bit. Keep adding!

I know what you mean about the colors, try small amounts.

I know what you mean about the colors, try small amounts.

I don't know about royal, but for buttercream when I need black I just use cocoa powder to make chocolate buttercream frosting- then I don't need to add much black food coloring bc the color is already deep brown.

I use Americolor colors and surprisingly need only a little to get deep dark colors. Never a whole bottle.