I have been commissioned to make a wedding cake for my brother. So I am trying to mix colours to come up with the colour of the flowers and bridesmaid dresses. If you have any ideas I would love to hear them. The colour is called azalea, it's a fuchsia colour. The photo in my avatar spot is the dress and the colour but not me. Thanks
Here's the americolor color chart. Maybe you could try mixing a couple of those colors together to match it? Terra cotta and electric purple might work.
You know, I have Winbeckler's directions for mixing any color from the primary colors around here somewhere...I'll see if I can find them.
Ok...I found the instructions...they are from Winbeckler's Cake and Candy Chronicle, article was written by Roland Winbeckler (I have to say all of that to have permission to post this chunk from the article).
Here are the basic rules of color mixing:
1. There are only three primary colors--red, yellow, and blue--only these three colors cannot be created by mixing other colors.
2. All other colors are made from a combination of two or three of the primary colors--including black, brown, flesh-tone, and gold.
3. Black is the presence of all three primary colors in very intense form. White is the absence of all colors.
4. To lighten a color, change the tint by adding white. To darken color, add more intense primary colors.
5. Bright pink is usually a better substitute for red as food-color red is often not pure and as such does not mix true.
6. Colors that appear opposite one another on the color wheel will always mute or neutralize each other. If a small amount of a color is added to its opposite, a muting effect will result. If a large amount is added, the result will be a muddy gray or brown color.
When mixing, do not use straight paste colors for mixing as it is very easy to add too much. (In other words, use colored icing.)
Many decorators attempt to mix colors by combining colors which are already mixtures of color. This may work sometimes; but unless you have a very good working knowledge of color, it is usually best to remember (and use for mixing) only the three primary colors.
So.......
Looking at the color wheel, that color is in the red-violet realm...so, you would need to mix blue and pink (a more accurate substitute for red) icing to get violet. Then, add more pink icing until you get the shade you want. If you go too far and get redder than you want, add more blue icing to take the color back towards the blue-violet realm.
If you decide you need to mute the color, you will need to add a small amount of yellow-green icing (red-violet's opposite on the color wheel). You can make yellow-green by first combining yellow and blue icing to make green, and then adding more yellow icing to achieve the yellow-green color.
...ok...that's all I have for you...hopefully, it helps...
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