How to create all colors with sugar paste.

Creating all the colors with sugar paste is possible, easy and cheap. Here is a practical guide on how to make the different shades of color to decorate your cake or make nice colored decorations. 

All the colors of the chromatic scale can be mixed together to create different color variations. Starting from the primary colors it is possible to easily realize the secondary ones, combining the different colors together in pre-established quantities. The need to use a certain amount of color involves huge variations in tone. In fact, if you want lighter colors you need to use a larger amount of white that tends to lighten the final color. If, on the other hand, you want a darker color you will have to add a larger amount of black. With this basic rule in mind, you can combine all the colors to create your favorite color.

In the specific case of sugar paste it is very easy to combine the colors. Adding, in fact, quantities measured in grams of sugar paste of different colors and kneading well, the two colors will blend homogeneously in the color you want.   

With IRCA Rainbow sugar paste create different color combinations is quick and easy. IRCA Rainbow sugar paste is available in 8 different colors:

Basic colors:WhiteYellowRedPinkGreen Azo*BlueLilacBlack

*contains Azo dyes

These 8 colors of IRCA Rainbow sugar paste are the basic colors that will allow you to create incredible varieties. In fact, these can be mixed together to create many shades of color, to customize your cake with your favorite color combination.

Below you will find an explanatory table on how to create color combinations. Once you have chosen the desired color, just check the quantity and colors to be mixed.

For example, if you want to create the lemon color you will have to mix white and yellow, but how much?

Very simple: to get 1 kg of sugar paste you have to add the necessary parts of all colors (in this case 4 + 3 = 7, the total parts are, therefore, 7). To know the necessary grams of white you have to divide the white parts (4) with the total parts (7), (therefore 4: 7 = 0,571 kg - 571 g). To know the necessary grams of yellow you have to divide the yellow parts (3) with the total parts (7), (therefore 3: 7 = 0.43 kg - 430 g). The sum of 570 g of white and 430 g of yellow applies to 1 kg of product. In case you need a different quantity, simply multiply by the desired quantity. For example: for 2.5 kg you have to mix 1,425 kg (0.57 x 2,5) of white sugar paste and 1,075 kg of yellow sugar paste.

Another example: to get a 1 kg of pink skin color sugar paste you must first add the necessary parts of all colors (in this case with the least common multiple we get that 5 + 1/16 is 81/16, the total parts are , therefore, 81/16). To know the necessary grams of white you have to divide the white parts (5) with the total parts (81/16), (therefore 5: 81/16 = 0.987 kg - 987 g). To know the necessary grams of yellow you must divide the red parts (1/16) with the total parts (81/16), (therefore 1/16: 81/16 = 0.013 kg - 13 g). The sum of the 987 g of white and 13 g of red applies to 1 kg of pink skin product. In case you need a different quantity, simply multiply by the desired quantity. For example: for 4 kg you have to mix 3.948 kg (0.987 x 4) of white sugar paste and 0.052 kg of red sugar paste.

Attention:

The grams indicated in the table correspond to 1 kg of sugar paste. To increase the dose you will need to multiply the grams by the amount of sugar paste desired (for example to create 3.5 kg of the canary color you will have to multiply 857 x 3.5 to know the amount of white required and 142 x 3.5 to know the amount of yellow needed).

Canary6857g1142g000000
Lemon4571g3428g000000
Coral1500g01500g00000
Orange01500g1500g00000
Carrot03750g1250g00000
Salmon3600g1200g1200g00000
Light pink1500g001500g0000
Pink leather5987g01/1613g00000
Chocolate003857g001/2143g00
Brown01286g2571g01/2143g000
Hazelnut3461g1154g2308g01/277g000
Grass3750g0001250g000
Light Green1200g3600g001200g000
Lime1200g3600g001200g000
Military1250g1/2125g1/2125g02500g000
Navy Blue000002800g01/2200g
Blue
2800g00001/2200g00
Light Blue6923g00001/277g00
Avion1667g00001/2333g10
Tiffany12677g3+1/4183g0001+1/284g156g0
Wisteria1143g002286g004571g0
Wine001/2111g0004889g0
Gray4889g0000001/2111g
Taupe7823g01118g00001/259g