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Updated on October 28, 2021 by Liz Marek · This post may contain affiliate links · 2 Comments

Fondant Coloring 101

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Take the guesswork out of coloring fondant and learn the secrets to building color, creating difficult colors and the science behind color correction.

This is a periscope broadcast. Periscope is a free app that you can download on your phone or ipad and watch LIVE broadcasts! You can follow Liz on Periscope @artisancakes.

Have you ever wondered how to make a specific color? Feel like you're just randomly adding colors to a lump of fondant HOPING you'll end up with that color you desperately need? In this periscope broadcast, Liz explains how color theory can work for you when coloring your own fondant. She works through several examples including burgundy, navy blue, red, grey and more difficult colors. After watching this video you will be able to confidently make any color you need easily!

Quick Tip: REMEMBER! Look at a color and ask yourself, if I where to describe this color to someone, what would I say (ie: this color is yellowish brown) then use that description as a general direction to begin adding colors.

Don't forget about your base colors!

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About Liz Marek

Liz Marek is a professional cake artist, sweet and savory recipe developer, and the founder of Sugar Geek Show, where she teaches cooking, baking and cake decorating through detailed tutorials, food science explanations, and kitchen-tested recipes. She has been creating recipes and teaching baking techniques since 2008, helping bakers of all skill levels gain the confidence to make professional-quality desserts at home.

Liz is known for breaking down complex cooking and baking concepts into simple, approachable methods. Her work focuses on helping people understand not just how a recipe works, but why it works. Through Sugar Geek Show, she shares step-by-step recipes, cake decorating tutorials, and practical baking guides designed to make professional techniques accessible to everyone.

Over the years, Liz has taught thousands of students through online tutorials, classes, and educational content focused on real kitchen results. Her recipes are carefully tested and written to help people succeed the first time they make them.

When she’s not developing recipes or teaching baking techniques, Liz also hosts curated travel experiences for women through her travel brand Soul Sisters.

You can find Liz’s latest recipes, baking tutorials, and food science tips at Sugar Geek Show.

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  1. Sarah J says

    October 17, 2019 at 6:23 pm

    How can I make a bright turquoise, electric blue and green?

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    • The Sugar Geek Show says

      October 18, 2019 at 7:46 pm

      Yep! I would do electric blue and a touch of leaf green

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