Flesh Color

Decorating By JuneHawk Updated 25 Jul 2007 , 6:27pm by JuneHawk

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JuneHawk Posted 25 Jul 2007 , 6:13pm
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I can't for the life of me get it right! I have found I can get something close with brown and orange but it's still not quite right. How do you do it? TIA

June

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foxymomma521 Posted 25 Jul 2007 , 6:17pm
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I use just a little of Wilton's Copper color.

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kansaslaura Posted 25 Jul 2007 , 6:19pm
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I can't personally vouch for the accuracy of all these mixtures, but a friend of mine sent this along to me and I've used a couple of them and they've worked great.

Custom Frosting Colors

Apricot 5 parts lemon yellow, 2 parts pink

Aqua 3 parts royal blue, 1 part leaf green

Avocado 3 parts lemon yellow, 1 part royal blue, 2 parts leaf green

Bright Red 1 part lemon yellow, 5 parts red-red

Brown 4 parts lemon yellow, 3 parts pink, 1 part leaf green

Burgundy 5 parts pink, 1 part royal blue

Burnt Orange copper paste color, plus yellow liquid food coloring

Chartreuse 9 parts lemon yellow, 1 part leaf green

Coral 2 parts lemon yellow, 3 parts pink

Egg Yellow 8 parts lemon yellow, 1 part Christmas red

Golden Yellow 6 parts lemon yellow, 1 part Christmas red

Lavender 2 parts pink, 1p art royal blue

Lilac 3 parts pink, 1 part royal blue

Lime 3 parts lemon yellow, 1 part leaf green

Mint 1 part lemon yellow, 1 part royal blue,1 part leaf green

Moss 6 parts lemon yellow, 1 part Christmas red, 3 parts leaf green

Old Rose 8 parts pink, 1 part royal blue, 1 part leaf green

Peach 4 parts lemon yellow, 2 parts pink

Pistachio 1 part lemon yellow, 3 parts leaf green

Purple 3 parts Christmas red, 3 parts royal blue

Rust 1 part lemon yellow, 3 parts Christmas red, 2 parts royal blue

Strawberry 3 parts lemon yellow, 5 parts Christmas red

Turquoise 4 parts royal blue, 1 part leaf green

Maroon burgundy, red-red, black

Gold start with 9.5 parts lemon yellow, .5 parts red-red, .25 parts Kelly green

Silver start with 1 part black, 1 part sky blue, added to white icing.

Vivid colors Use half margarine, and half vegetable shortening in butter-crème recipe.

Brown Add powdered cocoa until desired color is achieved. Add additional water or chocolate syrup as needed.

Ivory Substitute butter flavored Crisco for part of the regular Crisco in butter-crème icing recipes.

Flesh A touch of copper in white icing.

Always add orange color to green icing for a more natural shade.

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littlewoman Posted 25 Jul 2007 , 6:19pm
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I use ivory....and just start lig ht and add it until I have the color I want.

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weirkd Posted 25 Jul 2007 , 6:21pm
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I use a drop of the Americolor Flesh with a drop of pink.

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Cassie1686 Posted 25 Jul 2007 , 6:25pm
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I use a little bit of copper also -

thanks kansaslaura, what a great reference!

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mrsdawnwhite Posted 25 Jul 2007 , 6:26pm
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I use a little of the wilton copper coloring.. it works good for me.

Dawn

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JuneHawk Posted 25 Jul 2007 , 6:27pm
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The first time I need flesh colored fondant, I used Squires Kitchen's Flesh paste color thinking it would work. Well, half a pot later, no joy. Kansaslaura, thanks for that list!

June

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