Coral Color Icing

Decorating By kelly kakes Updated 23 Jan 2014 , 8:55pm by kelly kakes

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kelly kakes Posted 22 Jan 2014 , 9:02pm
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hi can anyone help me please?

i am doing a cake for a customer but she wants her flowers to be the color coral. i have pink and peach but my problem is getting that color. Is there anyone who can help me to get the color coral?

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bubs1stbirthday Posted 22 Jan 2014 , 9:19pm
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Have you got a picture of what your customer thinks 'coral' is? Their version might be a simple peach. I would mix a little red and a bit of yellow to get my version of coral. (I use americolour gel colours)

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MBalaska Posted 22 Jan 2014 , 10:04pm
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Your answer is here on this thread “Coral Branch/Sea Plume”

Howsweet posted photos of live coral.

 

http://cakecentral.com/t/766998/coral-branch-sea-plume

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kelly kakes Posted 22 Jan 2014 , 10:50pm
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@bubs1stbirthdaythanks i agree with getting the correct shade from the customer thanks.

@MBalaska thanks but its the color coral i am need to get not the plant.

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rebecca67e Posted 22 Jan 2014 , 11:02pm
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yeah, just like any colour, you really need to match against an example shade (if customer is picky about the shade) because it's completely open to interpretation. I personally would just add some orange to a deep pink/almost red.

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howsweet Posted 22 Jan 2014 , 11:50pm
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@bubs1stbirthdaythanks i agree with getting the correct shade from the customer thanks.

@MBalaska thanks but its the color coral i am need to get not the plant.


Those first ones are a coral color, fwiw. Just fyi, corals are not plants. Sometimes I use red and add yellow. It hits coral before you get to orange. As mentioned, it really depends on the shade of coral you need.

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kelly kakes Posted 22 Jan 2014 , 11:51pm
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thank you

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JWinslow Posted 23 Jan 2014 , 6:29am
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Page two of this link might help. 

http://www.thesweetartist.com/Wilton%20-%20how%20to%20color%20your%20icing.pdf
 

Rose pink + yellow  (Wilton colors)   

 

I use Americolor but generally pink + yellow + orange (very, tiny amount) should work.

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kelly kakes Posted 23 Jan 2014 , 5:32pm
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@ mbalaska sorry about that.

@howsweet thank you for the info.

thank you i all i really appreciate your feed back

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kelly kakes Posted 23 Jan 2014 , 5:33pm
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@ mbalaska sorry about that.

@howsweet thank you for the info.

thank you all i really appreciate your feed back

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Dulcera1975 Posted 23 Jan 2014 , 7:13pm
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Thank you, JWinslow!  This is very useful information!

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JWinslow Posted 23 Jan 2014 , 8:00pm
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Thank you, JWinslow!  This is very useful information!


You're very welcome - hope you make the color you want :)

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MBalaska Posted 23 Jan 2014 , 8:16pm
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@ mbalaska sorry about that.

@howsweet thank you for the info.

thank you all i really appreciate your feed back

Huh, What happened?  I miss out sometimes on internet stuff, but I don't know what you mean.

the coral photos of LIVE beautiful multi-colored real coral I hoped would help you out.

There is nothing here to apologize for. :P

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kelly kakes Posted 23 Jan 2014 , 8:53pm
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ok this is the shade of coral she wants

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kelly kakes Posted 23 Jan 2014 , 8:55pm
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