Getting ready to do the John Deere tractor cake, what color green works good for the "John Deere Green"? Also, need advice for the black wheels, my black usually looks grey, and i'm afraid the icing will have a bad taste to it.

you advice is appreciated

To get the black, I add cocoa powder to the icing to turn dark brown, then add LOTS of black icing. Mine just tastes really chocolately. I've have not done the John Deere tractor.

I can't help you with the green, but for black I finally gave up on Wilton and went with Americolor Black gel. Doesn't take much, and not a bad taste.

I just buy chocolate frosting and add black.. This will give a true black..

If you really want it to be dark for the black tires, add the Hershey's Special Dark cocoa powder. It makes it a really deep brown, then you don' t have to add that much black to make it black. And it tastes yummy! For the John Deere green, do you have one of the toy tractors (or could borrow one from someone?) to put by you as you are trying to match the color? You could have a few test bowls to see what comes closest....

I have found that Wilton's Kelly Green makes a fine John Deere green.

Leaf green also is a nice green for a John Deere tractor~