How Do I Prevent Gray/black From Fading To Purple?
Decorating By microbiology1 Updated 28 Aug 2010 , 1:13pm by Win
I have been using Wilton gel black to mix gray and black gumpaste (Satin Ice), but it continuously fades into a pale purple color. I spent all morning making Mt. Rushmore for my husband's cake and now all the presidents are purple! Help!
I'm not at my regular computer so I dont' have the links to previous threads but we've been battling this since the 1970's when they took Red Dye #2 off of the market.
black is made when the 3 primary colors are blended ... yellow, blue and red. When 3 PURE primary colors are blended. We don't really have access to PURE colors like labs do. So our mixtures wont' result in pure black.
Primary Color combos:
Red + Blue = Purple
Red + Yellow = Orange
Blue + Yellow = green
If you have purple icing, then you have basically blue and red .... you're short some yellow. Add a touch of yellow to get it back to black.
Likewise if your black turns green (as is frequently posted as a pretty regular problem on here), that means you have basically yellow and blue .... you're short some red. Add a touch of red to get it back to black.
Thanks! I'll try adding some yellow and see if that helps. 
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