What food coloring makes royal blue?

Wilton Icing Colour Royal Blue 1 oz is made to produce deeper, richer color by adding just a small amount. Our concentrated gel formula helps you achieve the exact shade you want without watering down your icing. You'll find a rainbow of colors, ready to blend together for creating your own custom shades. Certified Kosher by Vaad Hoeir of Saint Louis.

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Approx. ¼ tsp Queen Gel Colour = 40 drops Queen Gel Colour = 1 tsp Queen Liquid Colour
1 tube Queen Gel Colour = approx. 2 ¾ tsp
How do you make royal blue with navy blue food coloring?
What food coloring makes royal icing?

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You know how I always say there’s more than one way to mix a color? We’ve talked about navy blue icing before but I’m going to touch on it again. I’ve got yet another formula to share and I also wanted to clarify my mixing technique.

Grab some popcorn and make yourself comfortable and I’ll try not to confuse anyone.

There is no right or wrong way to mix icing. My preference is to create colors using ratios. Remember ratios from elementary school math? Ratios are a way to compare two or more values. When applied to color it’s a fancy way of saying, “yellow plus blue makes green”.

Seems pretty simple, but complex colors are a little more tricky. Yellow and blue make green, but they also make colors like Tiffany blue…when mixed in the proper amounts.

That’s where ratios come in. It’s an easy way to quickly duplicate colors. Even if your drops aren’t the same size as mine, these basic formulas will get you into the ballpark, then you can adjust the intensity by adding color or icing until you’ve reached the desired shade.

Now for the fun part. To make navy blue royal icing begin with approximately half a cup of royal icing and add:

3 drops royal blue
3 drops violet
1 very small drop of black

When the icing is first mixed, it may look grainy and lack depth. Keep in mind, the color will develop over time. If it’s too dark add a bit of white icing. Too light? Add more color.

Keep in mind, you don’t have to add all the color every time. Divide the formula in half or thirds if you only want to darken it a bit.

You can also play with hue by adjusting the ratios. Add a little more violet and less blue, or vice versa.

Icing color is only as difficult as you allow it to be. Don’t be afraid, you may very well be one drop away from your favorite color!

In other news, if you have a chance, be sure to pick up The Cookie Countess’s new bandana stencil. You won’t be disappointed. These are the easiest bandana cookies I’ve ever made.

The shades on our Food Colour Mixing Chart are made with Queen Food Colour Gels in our go-to Basic Buttercream recipe. For recipes that have larger ratios, you may find it easier to measure with a spoon.

Approx. ¼ tsp Queen Gel Colour = 40 drops Queen Gel Colour = 1 tsp Queen Liquid Colour

1 tube Queen Gel Colour = approx. 2 ¾ tsp

Squeezing Drops

When dropping Queen Food Colour Gels from the tube, gently touch gel onto icing to help the drop break off.

Achieving the Perfect Colour

After preparing icing, divide between two bowls and set one bowl aside. Add Food Colour Gel to one bowl to create coloured icing. If you add too much colour, add some spare icing to lighten the icing to your desired shade.

Liquid or Gel? What’s the difference?

The liquid and gel colours give different levels of colour intensity. Queen Food Colour Gels are concentrated, so you need to less to achieve vibrant colours and won’t thin your icing or batter with unnecessary liquid.

Colour Intensity

The intensity of food colours is influenced by many things. Colours will deepen in buttercream icing as it dries, while it will lighten in royal icing as it dries. Some acidic ingredients, such as lemon juice and cream of tartar will cause colours to change as well. Black Food Colour Gel develops over time so it’s best to let your icing sit for a few minutes to allow it to reach full intensity. If you’d like to make jet black icing, we recommend making buttercream or cream cheese icing, not swiss meringue buttercream or royal icing. Because the icing base is stark white from the egg whites in swiss meringue buttercream or pure icing sugar base, it requires a significant amount of colour gel which could interfere with the structure of the icing. Visit our Black Recipe Collection for jet black icing recipes.

Handling

Queen Food Colours are water-soluble, so if colour stains your hands, it will come off with a few round of washing in warm, soapy water.

Important Information: The above colour chart has been prepared to help you select a suitable colour shade for your baking creation. You should always read the product packaging and label prior use and never rely solely on the information presented here. Colour gels dosage specified on product packaging should not be exceeded.

How do you make royal blue with navy blue food coloring?

Navy blue is not included in the collection of gel icing colors but can be created by mixing Royal Blue, Black and Violet icing colors together.

What food coloring makes royal icing?

The best colorings for royal icing are Gel Colors. Why? Gel colors contain bright, food-safe pigments and only a little liquid. This lack of liquid means you can add more color to your royal icing without changing the texture or the taste.

food coloring makes royal blue