How Do I Make Gray Fondant

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MrsNisch Posted 20 Sep 2013 , 5:44am
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How do you get gray fondant? I tried mixing white Satin Ice fondant with Black fondant (Duff Goldman) and it came out a taupe/brownish color not at all gray.  So I tried mixing wilton black food color into white fondant and I got a blueish color.  I am so confused.  I just wanted a light gray.  Help please 

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Rohini Posted 20 Sep 2013 , 7:27am
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Hi!

 

I've mixed Squires Kitchen Black paste color with white fondant and got light grey.

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Daisyblue002 Posted 20 Sep 2013 , 7:38am
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Hi there, you can start off with a light blue colour fondant and add a touch of black. That way the colour shouldn't fade too or turn into another colour altogether. I used that method on the elephant and hippo with one of my recent cakes.

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tarttokig Posted 20 Sep 2013 , 7:41am
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Google color wheel, colors opposite to each other neutralize!

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ApplegumPam Posted 20 Sep 2013 , 9:09am
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Hi there, you can start off with a light blue colour fondant and add a touch of black. That way the colour shouldn't fade too or turn into another colour altogether. I used that method on the elephant and hippo with one of my recent cakes.


THIS !!!!   start off with blue first - makes a much nicer grey and it doesn't get those pink or green undertones depnding on what black you use.

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pieceofcaketx Posted 20 Sep 2013 , 1:35pm
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Add a small amount of black to white and then a tiny dab of yellow coloring, the yellow cancels out the purple/blue tint that black gives.

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NJsugarmama Posted 20 Sep 2013 , 2:20pm
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I've had to add yellow, too...to off set the purple tint I got from using Wilton black.  It was kind of a PITA...but just do it slow and steady. 

 

Like the above poster said, look at the color wheel and add the opposite color of which your grey has tints of. 

 

If at all possible, do your color checks in natural light. 

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ddaigle Posted 20 Sep 2013 , 2:26pm
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Black satin ice fondant..to white fondx....never have any color issues as stated above.

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MrsNisch Posted 20 Sep 2013 , 3:12pm
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Thanks everyone - ended up using white and dusting with luster dust.  Turned out the perfect color and had the silvery look I was going after.  Will post pics soon.

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ltkittykat Posted 20 Sep 2013 , 4:23pm
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Originally Posted by MrsNisch 
 

How do you get gray fondant? I tried mixing white Satin Ice fondant with Black fondant (Duff Goldman) and it came out a taupe/brownish color not at all gray.  So I tried mixing wilton black food color into white fondant and I got a blueish color.  I am so confused.  I just wanted a light gray.  Help please

 

 

 

Add some yellow not alot very little it will turn the blue gray.

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Carrie789 Posted 20 Sep 2013 , 5:05pm
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I use just a tiny drop of Americolor black. If it gets too dark, add a little white. This won't work with Wilton--too much green undertone.

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NJsugarmama Posted 20 Sep 2013 , 5:30pm
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I nixed my black food coloring from Wilton after my grey experience.  Americolor all the way!

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johnbailey64 Posted 30 Oct 2013 , 11:00pm
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Originally Posted by pieceofcaketx 
 

Add a small amount of black to white and then a tiny dab of yellow coloring, the yellow cancels out the purple/blue tint that black gives.

This is what I do.

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SugaredSaffron Posted 31 Oct 2013 , 8:04pm
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AThanks for the yellow tip, my grey always turns a pale blue.

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Carrie789 Posted 31 Oct 2013 , 11:22pm
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Thanks for the yellow tip, my grey always turns a pale blue.


I have trouble getting pale blue. How do you do that?

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SugaredSaffron Posted 1 Nov 2013 , 5:41pm
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I have trouble getting pale blue. How do you do that?


I add black sugarflair to white fondant and let it rest. The longer you leave it the bluer it gets.

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jennyz1171 Posted 28 Sep 2015 , 2:50am
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Just made the perfect grey buttons - and as they are drying they are looking purple - gonna try the yellow trick - thanks for asking the question, and for all the answers!!


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jskellington1031 Posted 10 May 2016 , 1:41am
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daisyblue 

I did the light blue with black, worked perfect in my homemade mmf! 

Thanks for posting the tip 

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pinkvelvet Posted 19 Nov 2016 , 7:29pm
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Thanks for you help. My grey fondant was turning purple, added a little yellow and now it's a grey color. If I let it rest will the grey color turn darker?

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johnbailey64 Posted 20 Apr 2017 , 4:20pm
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I find fondant dries a shade lighter where buttercream dries a shade darker.

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