LOTS of grey hair.... 
No matter what I have tried to do..I can NOT get black. I have tried a brown icing = grey icing....
No matter what i do..I keep getting grey. I have seen some pics in the gallery that have true black icing...PLEASE OH PLEASE tell me what to do. I have a Halloween cake order and I need black...TIA
Beth
I have had to use about 1/2 to 3/4 the container of Wilton Black but if you mix the color and then let it rest for about a hour, it should start coming to its true hue. Add more coloring if needed.
The best thing I have found is allowing it to rest at room temp for some time.
hope this helps!!
I use Americolor's Black-Black and it does the trick. Stop adding at dark grey and you'll have jet black in about 15 minutes. If you're okay with it being chocolate, try using Dutch-processed cocoa powder. It makes a very dark brown icing or start with a tub of very dark, store-bought fudge icing.
I just got black buttercream successfully for the first time ever! I made chocolate buttercream using Valrhona cocoa (it's awfully dark by itself), then by adding generous squirts of Americolor pure black.
Be sure you let your icing "cure" for a couple of hours. Take a smear and put it on a piece of parchment paper and let it sit where the air can hit it. As it ages, the color will deepen. You may already have black, but since you've been messing with it, it may look only charcoal or gray.
good luck!
Don't forget your icing will darken up as it sits. I have made black, gotten a grey, turned my back on it and an hour or two later had black.
I agree with Lisa, the only way I have ever gotten black BLACK, was starting with chocolate buttercream (I used Wilton's recipe and Nestle cocoa) and then use Americolor black. I added a good bit of the little container and stopped at a very dark grey. Put it up and then the next day came back, gave it a stir and it was BLACK! This is what I did to decorate an Xbox cake. I plan on doing the same thing for a Halloween cat on an upcoming cake!
Good luck!
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