So, you are in need of black food color, but could not find one. Instead of spending your time in searching for this food color, why not try making it at home? Follow these tips and guidelines for preparing this food color. . First of all, you need some food colors in ‘primary colors’. In other words, get a bottle each of red, green and blue food coloring. . Take an empty food color bottle and clean it thoroughly. Add three parts each of red and blue color with two parts of green (adjust the amount as per your requirement). Shake well and your black food color is ready.
- You may also make a slight change in the food colors you mix. Take equal parts of Red, Blue and Yellow food colors and combine them to form black food coloring.
- If you are not interested in using food colors, you may go for other options, which include dark melted chocolate or dark cocoa.
- If you are looking for black food coloring for sweet dishes like cakes and cookies, then, all you need to do is to mix chocolate frosting with blue food coloring.
- For spicy, savory dishes, you may try squid ink as a replacement for black food coloring. This product can be a little expensive, but can be bought from food stores.
Other Colours
- Take yellow and combine it with red to create orange.
- Take red and combine it with blue to make purple.
- Take blue and combine it with yellow to make green.
- Take yellow and combine it with orange to make yellow-orange.
- Take red and combine it with orange to make red-orange.
- Take red and combine it with violet to make red-violet.
- Take blue and combine it with violet to make blue-violet.
- Take blue and combine it with green to make blue-green.
- Take yellow and combine it with green to make yellow-green.
