I'm sure this question has been asked before but I need to get a deep dark crimson red.My red-red from wilton isn't dark enough even when letting it sit and darken for a while.Do I need to add another color to the mix,I have used nearly my whole bottle of red so if this was all I had to do I would surely have the right color by now.any suggestions would be appreciated thanks

Try Americolor Super Red is works way way better then the wilton red and you dont need as much. That is what i use and i love it!
good luck!

experienced cakers may think I have lost my mind, but recently I had this situation with hot pink. i needed a dark hot pink. got what i was looking for by adding a tiny bit of black. that muted the color enough that when after i finished the cake it was the exact color i was hoping for. just a thought.

Add a small amount of black to your red.

violet is also supposed to deepen shades, haven't tried it just read it.

use powdered food coloring...this seems to work the best for us. and let the red sit....watch adding too much black....we made maroon roses once and the cake sat a couple days, i was sweating out whether the roses would be burgandy or black by the wedding day.

I had to do a football jersey and the colors were crimson and black. I used chocolate buttercream then added Wilton no taste red until I got the color I was looking for.

Kind of the same concept as adding red coloring to a chocolate cake to make it Red Velvet. It worked!

Thanks everyone!I am going to try the method of adding a little bit of black and I may also try the chocolate icing too and see what works best.

I just use a ton of Wilton Super Red. It was sort of coral colored when I was done, but I let it sit for a couple of days and it turned bright red.

Too much of Wilton color becomes bitter though

Ak! I meant Americolor Super Red.

well.I couldn't get either way to work right for me so I just added fondant accent's that I airbrushesd red.

That's funny... I was struggling with the same thing this evening. I'm making red, white & blue royal icing to use on 4th of July star shaped cookies. I'm using Wilton's No-taste red (the only coloring I have) and currently have a pinkish-orangish color. I left it sit until tomorrow, hoping it will become redder. If it isn't red by then, I'll add sme brown. Thanks for the tip!

That's funny... I was struggling with the same thing this evening. I'm making red, white & blue royal icing to use on 4th of July star shaped cookies. I'm using Wilton's No-taste red (the only coloring I have) and currently have a pinkish-orangish color. I left it sit until tomorrow, hoping it will become redder. If it isn't red by then, I'll add sme brown. Thanks for the tip!

That's funny... I was struggling with the same thing this evening. I'm making red, white & blue royal icing to use on 4th of July star shaped cookies. I'm using Wilton's No-taste red (the only coloring I have) and currently have a pinkish-orangish color. I left it sit until tomorrow, hoping it will become redder. If it isn't red by then, I'll add sme brown. Thanks for the tip!

That's funny... I was struggling with the same thing this evening. I'm making red, white & blue royal icing to use on 4th of July star shaped cookies. I'm using Wilton's No-taste red (the only coloring I have) and currently have a pinkish-orangish color. I left it sit until tomorrow, hoping it will become redder. If it isn't red by then, I'll add sme brown. Thanks for the tip!

You have to get the red with NO TASTE ..It says it right on the bottle..Hope this helps