im having trouble getting the correct shade of red for lightning mcqueen but it just wont happen. i tinted my icing pink the day before to make it easier but it not working im going on 3/4 of jar now with wilton gel colours (no americolor avail believe me id use it if i could)and all i have is a pale red. i also tried adding a speck of black to help it deepen but that didnt do much. gonna let it sit over night again maybe it will magically change colour for me, any suggestions.
I had the same problem and was using the wrong color red to boot! I had a whole batch of BC ready to go for McQueen that was the color of ...... RASPBERRY SHERBERT!! Can you imagine the look on my son's face if I had iced the cake in that ! 
I ended up just buying the stupid red decorator tube at Joannes so I could use my coupler and star tip! I think I heard somewhere that if you add a little green(?) it will help it red up? but I was afraid to try this... so I went to the store!
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