what food colors do i combine to make brown???

Question

im making a cake and need to know what colors (food dye) to combine to make a brown icing
thanks in advance

Answer 1

2 red
2 yellow
1 blue

Answer 2

Use red, yellow, and a little bit of green mixed together to make a dark brown color. Then add plain white icing to lighten it to the shade you want. Also, you can mix cocoa powder into the icing to turn it pale brown if you want to avoid the food coloring.

Answer 3

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About Color: When using color with food, it should always look appetizing. It can transmit different feelings and moods.

Warm colors are yellows and reds and cool colors, greens and blues.

Dark colors such as black should be avoided as much as possible because they may give a bitter taste (especially black and red) and stain or color the inside of the mouth! There are ways to prevent some of this. See Special Color Notes.


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Answer 4

Red and green ^-^ because they are opposites in the color wheel of the visible spectrum but I recommend to get the green or the red and add the next color in small amounts until you get your desired color =)

Answer 5

Orange, green and a little yellow. Use a little mayo to test for the right color combination if you don't want to waste your frosting.

Answer 6

Instead of using food color just add some cocoa powder to the icing.

Answer 7

green and yellow
also if your making roads ect on top of a cake you can use cocoa the easy way is to use chocolate icing

Answer 8

you can go to walmart and in the arts and crafts section they sell wilton food coloring. its only like 1.47 and its like a paste so its less messy and they have every color known to man. dont ask me why its in arts and crafts but thats where.

Answer 9

Why not just caramelise some sugar? It's suitable for savoury as well as sweet recipes.

Answer 10

red and green