I just made a daisy cake (see in my pics) and the Wilton gel colour said Violet on the bottle. In my opinion, this cake is clearly not violet. Any ideas on what I did wrong?

You didn't do anything wrong! I use Americolor gels and had the same problem with their purple. I PM'd the Americolor rep (his CC name is ColorBoy) and he had some great advise.

You start with a blue frosting and a pink frosting and then mix them to achieve a violet/lavender/purple.

I was trying for a lavender. I used a light blue frosting and kept adding pink, a little at a time, until I got the color I wanted. Worked great

I don't see the cake in your pictures, but did you leave it in the sun? I've had purple fondant turn blue on me in the sun (cookies at a farmers market).

This has been happening since the late 70's when they took Red Dye #2 off of the market. Here's your history lesson: http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-653200-red.html+dye

It should be there in my pics now, Michelle. So....people just know to use violet to get blue? And pink to get purple? Arghhhh!!!

Thanks, Indydebi. I just went and read the link. Very interesting! I'll be interested to see what colour this cake is by morning. Thankfully, it's just a "take to school for students" cake, not a paying customer.

Gee that does look blue! I've used Wilton violet before with no problem.

I had the same problem with painting my daughter's room when we first moved in. I complained that her room looked blue to my artist friend and she laughed and said, "Duh, Roses are Red, Violets are Blue...."

Kristy, that's exactly what my husband said! Violets are blue. But the label is so....purple looking. Silly me, I thought the frosting would match the label. Thanks for looking!