Country Christmas Color Palette
Is it possible to like Christmas colors more than any other colors in the world? I mean, technically they’re the same year-round, but for some reason they always seem prettier during the holidays. So, to celebrate the season I’m going color crazy until Christmas. Here’s the first round!
It all begins with a big batch of my fluffy royal icing. If you need the recipe, you can find it here.
To create the colors below, begin with approximately half a cup of royal icing. For more intense color, double the gel color. For lighter shades, use more icing or less color. The following palette was created using the combinations below.
- Holly Jolly Red- 7 drops super red + 10 drops tulip red {color will develop over time}
- Mistletoe Green- 2 drops leaf green + 3 drops ivory + 5 drops electric green + 8 drops gold
- Prairie Grass Green- scant drop leaf green + 2 drops gold + 2 drops electric green + 3 drops ivory {OR for a very close match use 1-2 tablespoons Mistletoe Green}
- Burlap- 1 scant drop regal purple + 5 drops ivory +10 drops gold
Be sure to add these to the notes section of your printable color chart.
Have a great Tuesday!
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Burlap color has Regal Purple in it?!?!?! You are a genius!
I will totally be trying this once I get my Kitchen Aid Mixer later this week! =) The colors are so vibrant!! =)
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Thank you for sharing icing colors! These are always so helpful to me! I love these cookies, and agree the red/green combo looks so much better at Christmas 🙂
I love it when you post about color!
I love it when you post abt ANYTHING! I cannot wait for your Christmas creations!!!
My goodness! I love these cookies and your patience amazes me. i can totally see you writing down every single drop of color you add to the royal icing. You are my hero!
Thanks so much for this! I am color mixing challenged. You are a life saver!
I got a bottle of gold at Cookie Con and I have never used it before! You better believe I am going to use it now! Thanks so much for this! I love your color posts and always learn something. Your tip on ivory was the best ever!!
These are adorable!! Galerie Candy now makes cute little Christmas tree sprinkles!! I think I am going to use this recipe with them! Thanks 🙂
I KNEW you would have colors to share for Christmas! I am addicted to those greens this season. Thank you! You are the BEST little Christmas Cookie Elf!!!
These biscuits look absolutely fabulous!
What a spectacular creation! You always share the most creative designs 🙂 I wanted to ask where you purchase your cookie stencils from? Thanks!
I buy almost all of them from designer stencils. They’re the best quality stencils available!
I was going to ask you the same stencil question. Love them! I have not tried them yet, but I’m really looking forward to it! Beautiful work as always!!!!!
GORGEOUS absolutely gorgeous! Love the colors and the designs. You are definitely the creative color gal! I’ll have to add these to my Sugarbelle printed color chart 🙂
Hey Caylee! I wanted to ask which stencil did you use for the green flowers? I have been on Global Sugar Art, DesignerStencils, Karens Cookies and other sites and I can’t find it! Is it a cookie stencil? A cake stencil?
Gina…it’s a cake top from designer stencils. I’ll try to go find it…
Quick Question: You say about 1/2 a cup per color for those ratios. Is that about 1 batch of icing or 2?
Yes and how many cookies roughly would this cover? Have a massive mound of cookie decorating to do for Christmas and hate trying to re-mix color because I run out.
One batch if icing (small) covers about 3-5 dozen cookies. It depends on size, how much you use, etc. if you need more…double the quantities. That’s kind of one of those things you’ll have to experiment with. It’s different for everyone.
Sorry, i just re-read my question and it doesn’t make a lot of sense. What I was asking is about how many 1/2 cups of icing do you get per one batch of icing? Just as a guess.
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I love the Poinsettia Cookie Platter, but I’m confused as to how some of your petals lean left and some right. I can’t find a reversible cutter, so do I turn the cookie over and decorate the back side? Sorry for asking, but I’m new to this hobby!
Hi Deborah!
I did that by flipping some of the cookies over before baking. I thought it would give the design some “movement.”