How to Make Purple With Food Coloring

Purple food coloring is a great color to have on hand in the spring. The color looks bright and cheery on Easter eggs, in frosting or as a decorative touch in mashed potatoes or cream sauces. Creating purple food coloring cane be done in seconds.

Things You'll Need

• Red food coloring
• Blue food coloring
• Small bowl
• Whisk

Instructions

1. Place ten drops of red food coloring into a small bowl.

2. Add five drops of blue coloring to the red.

3. Whisk the red and blue together to create purple.

4. Drop in additional red food coloring, one drop at a time, to lighten the purple or more blue colorant to darken it.

5. Use the purple food coloring as directed on the recipe you are creating.

References

• McCormick Mixing Chart

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish