The person who taught me how to mix colours was my grandma. We used to paint together and we still sometimes do when I visit her ;) That is why when I started decorating cakes, mixing colours was quite easy for me... In this tutorial I'll try to explain all there is to explain. You'll see that mixing colours can actually be FUN!
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You won't always get the colour you need by mixing just two colours. The photo above shows the process of getting the colour from the image.
Colour on the left:
I looked at the image and thought to myself 'this is some kind of pink' so I added a bit of rose to the sugarpaste.
A - I put the pink near the image and thought 'the pink in the photo is more peachy (yellowy)' so I added a bit of golden yellow.
B - I once again put the ball near the image and noticed that the colour in the image is more dirty, so I added a bit of black.
C - The created colour seemed too dark comparing to the image so I added a bit of white sugarpaste to it. (I was happy with the colour, but by the time I took the photo the colour darkened a bit ;) so remember to keep that in mind too - that the sugarpaste gets a little bit darker when you leave it for some time)
Colour on the right:
I looked at it and though to myself 'I see blue in this colour', so I added some sky blue.
1 - 'I also see a tiny bit green in it comparing to the blue, so I need to add a tiny bit of yellow'
2 -' Comparing to the photo the colour is too bright... I need to add some black to make the colour a bit more dirty.
3 - 'Now the colour is too green and too intense, I'll add some white sugarpaste and a bit of blue colour.' (same thing as above - by the time I took the photo, the ball darkened a bit ;) ) - I should have added a bit more white ;)
Image source: design-seeds.com (they have some beautiful colour palettes btw! )
Colour on the left:
I looked at the image and thought to myself 'this is some kind of pink' so I added a bit of rose to the sugarpaste.
A - I put the pink near the image and thought 'the pink in the photo is more peachy (yellowy)' so I added a bit of golden yellow.
B - I once again put the ball near the image and noticed that the colour in the image is more dirty, so I added a bit of black.
C - The created colour seemed too dark comparing to the image so I added a bit of white sugarpaste to it. (I was happy with the colour, but by the time I took the photo the colour darkened a bit ;) so remember to keep that in mind too - that the sugarpaste gets a little bit darker when you leave it for some time)
Colour on the right:
I looked at it and though to myself 'I see blue in this colour', so I added some sky blue.
1 - 'I also see a tiny bit green in it comparing to the blue, so I need to add a tiny bit of yellow'
2 -' Comparing to the photo the colour is too bright... I need to add some black to make the colour a bit more dirty.
3 - 'Now the colour is too green and too intense, I'll add some white sugarpaste and a bit of blue colour.' (same thing as above - by the time I took the photo, the ball darkened a bit ;) ) - I should have added a bit more white ;)
Image source: design-seeds.com (they have some beautiful colour palettes btw! )