Need Color Recommendations For Making This Color
Decorating By lipbalmcollector Updated 28 May 2007 , 2:47am by camcat
I would like to make the dark green that is on the crayola crayon box. I think its like a forrest green. I have wilton food colors but have the slightest idea how to make this color. Can anyone please help me out? 
Also this is my first time using bc- is this a color I will have to watch for changing like the red?
thank you to both of you.
Should I start with leaf green or kelly green?
hmm is juniper green by wilton? I don't remember seeing that one. Im going to check wilton's site out.
Yes juniper green is by Wilton...I was thinking you had to make it right now using what you had.
However you can make the juniper green by mixing leaf green and bits of black...its close to the same thing. Just go slow with the black until you see what color you are getting.
thank you so very much. It really helps me out, since I am fairly new to cake decorating.
I guess I will try leaf green and add small amounts of black to it. Also do you know how long it takes for it to change in BC? I don't mind buying juniper green because then I will have it atleast for something else I might need it for.
Would the color be achieved faster using juniper versus leaf?
Here is Wilton's color chart:
Icing the Cake
Icing Color Chart
When mixing color always mix a small amount of color to experiment. Start with base color and then add very small amounts of secondary color. Be sure to mix enough color for the cakes to be decorated as it is difficult to match an exact color.
ANTIQUE GOLD Add just an extremely small touch of Leaf Green to Golden Yellow
AQUA Sky Blue and Leaf Green
AVOCADO Use Moss Green color
BLACK Our paste color or Royal Blue, Christmas Red, Orange and Lemon
CHARTREUSE 9 parts Lemon Yellow, 1 part Leaf Green
CORAL Creamy peach and a touch of pink or orange and a touch of pink.
FLESH Add just an extremely small touch of Copper to white icing. Ivory can also be used. Light pink with a small amount of brown.
GRAY Add just a touch of Black to white icing.
HUNTER GREEN Kelly Green and a touch of Black
JADE Leaf green, Royal Blue and a touch of Black
LAVENDER Pink and Violet
MARIGOLD Lemon Yellow and Orange
MAROON Burgundy and Red Red
MAUVE Touch of Burgundy with very little Black.
MISTY GREEN Leaf Green, Royal Blue and a touch of Black
MOSS GREEN Our paste color or Violet and Lemon Yellow
MULBERRY Mix Rose with a touch of Royal Blue.
NAVY BLUE Royal Blue and Black
PERIWINKLE Royal Blue and Violet
PLUM Use violet with a touch of Christmas red.
RASPBERRY Pink and Red Red
RUST Orange, Red Red and Brown
SILVER We do not advise attempting to simulate silver color in icing. Instead, add silver leaves or other silver accessories to the cake.
TEAL Use teal paste color or Lemon Yellow and Sky Blue
TURQUOISE Sky Blue and Lemon Yellow
WARM GOLD Use Golden Yellow with just a touch of brown.
thank you m1m for the color chart from wilton.
Still have a couple of questions though on that green.
Not knowing very much about these wilton colors, which one should I go with and then add black to it? Can you tell I have first butter cream nervousness?
Also if the cake needs to be done for Thurs. would it be ok to make the bc and color it on tuesday night? or is that too far in advance?
You can make any color ahead of time, just re-whip it up when you are ready to use it. I store leftover icing in the fridge and then just whip it up when I'm ready for it.
I personally would just start with leaf green, get a nice bright grassy green, and then slowly add a bit of black at a time. I guess everyone might have a different opinion but that is how I would do it. Maybe add a teeny bit of kelly green or tiny dot of blue. If you add the color slow you'll be ok.
thanks kitagirl for the help and for the encouragement.
also what would you use to make purple? I have the violet and this week I experimented trying to make purple with daughters making playdough. and it came out so not looking like a regular purple. I need purple for this crayon box cake I am making.
For the purple, is the violet too red or too blue? You can start with the violet, and then use a small amount at a time of red or blue to change the violet to a different shade. I have also had violet icing (especially fondant) fade to blue...
BTW, I love the juniper green colour. I use it all the time for leaves and foliage, as it is a much more realistic colour than the leaf or the kelly green.
Tiny amounts of a complementary colour will also darken your first colour - in this case, a tiny (and I stress tiny amounts at a time) bit of red will darken your green.
Try experimenting with a small amount of icing first, before you go ahead and colour a big batch. A colour wheel can also come in handy.
I always find mixing colours a fun part of decorating!
chocolateandpeanutbutter-yep the violet looks too blueish looking. So I guess I should add a little bit of red then.. I could see how violet icing could change to blue. Because our playdough looked blue instead of purple.
thanks for the tip on adding small amounts of red to the green.
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