Indian Corn Icing Palette
I don’t know if you’ve ever noticed, but I love color. I get almost as much pleasure out of creating icing colors than the actual cookie decorating.
On this week’s agenda…Indian corn. In addition to the obvious choices, I added plum and teal to spice things up.
I use Americolor brand gel paste to color my icing. My favorite places to pick it up are Country Kitchen Sweet Art and Global Sugar Art. Here are the colors I used to create my Indian corn palette {mixed with approximately 1/2 cup of white royal icing}.
- Dark Chocolate Brown- 8 drops chocolate brown, 2 drops super black, 1 drop egg yolk yellow
- Warm Autumn Brown- 14 drops warm brown, 3 drops chocolate brown, 5 drops ivory, 2 drops egg yolk yellow
- Burnt Orange- 9 drops tulip red, 4 drops egg yolk yellow, 2 drops warm brown
- Mellow Yellow- 4 drops egg yolk yellow, 2 drops gold {or 3-4 ivory if you don’t have gold}
- Indian Turquoise- 3 drops teal, 3 drops ivory
- Pretty Plum- 9 drops regal purple, 4 drops super red, 1 drop of chocolate brown
For tips on working with brown icing colors, click HERE.
Here are a few examples of the look you can get using these colors. I love the plum…but I think turquoise will always be my fave. Then again, there’s nothing quite like the original.
In any case, they all make for beautiful cookies.
I am super excited for Thanksgiving. There’s about to be a lot of cooking happening around here! What are your favorite fall colors? I’d love to hear!
Hope everyone is having a safe and relaxing weekend.
Absolutely beautiful, Callye!! Gets me REALLY excited for Thanksgiving! And I’m with you, that teal is awesome. 🙂
Gorgeous!! I love the added turquoise and plum! Such a whimsical addition! The cookies are gorgeous and the corn “husks” look awesome! I need to work on my leafy piping. I never seem to have the right consistency to keep the shape!
I love the teal. It makes it all pop.
Another great post!! Thanks for always sharing your ideas with us 🙂
It makes sense that you love mixing color, because you are so good at it!! I love how you added the plum color to the corn kernals.
My favorite color of fall is the golden yellow that the aspen tree leaves turn. With their white trunks and golden leaves that seem to sparkle when the wind blows…ahhh, that is the epitome of fall and nature’s beauty to me. 🙂
Plum and turquoise were awesome additions. Great color palettes (as always)!
I needed you yesterday. I love your color palettes
Love the colors…simply beautiful!
I have to say the entire color combination is so pretty, fall colors make me smile, and the teal realy make them POP!
I have a hard time believing that Thanksgiving is this week….and Christmas is right around the corner…..Does time go faster the older you get?
Holy cow, I love that turquoise!
My favorite scent is Cinnamon!
I need to come up with more compliments so I don’t sound so repetitive every time I comment on your post. You amaze me every time. I really think we need to be neighbors. I love the colors you come up with and I’m always to scared to ruin a batch of icing to try different mixtures of colors. I’m glad I have your website to come to for color choices.
Can you teach us how you made the leaves? I think something like that will work on a wreath I want to make.
Love this color combination! And the “husks” are great!
There’s a reason why I have Sugarbelle saved on my Ipad’s home page – you’re awesome!! Love the tips 🙂
Hi. I’m new to decorating extensively and adore your work. I feel fortunate to have come across your site randomly! What cutter I’d you use for these? And how on earth do you make the husks so wavy and natural looking??
I meant what cutter did you use?! iPad always changes my words!
I love orange. With purple and hot pink. Terribly girly but I have 2 girls. I don’t have the proper coloring to *wear* orange so I think I just use it with my baking so I can have it around me 🙂 Love, love, love your work – you are a true inspiration. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Kara – to me that looks like a carrot cookie cutter but I could be TOTALLY wrong. Also, those leaves are from a leaf tip – looks like a large one – I’m not sure of the number but I’m sure you could google it.
You’re the Ameri-color queen! I love your colour chart which I printed off and keep with my colours. I love the added teal to these Indian corn cookies too. Perfect colours as usual. 🙂
So pretty! I would never have thought to throw in those pretty kernels of turquoise!
These are just perfect! Love the colors
I always have your color chart handy when mixing colors. Your post about adding ivory to colors has totally changed the range of colors I have to work with.
P.S. I love that teal color!
I love these! I’m newly cookie obsessed, and came across your blog on Pinterest! Thank you so much for sharing all of your amazing tips, exactly the information i’ve been looking for the last month! Keep it up lady, you’re amazing!
Love the corn, but I think the blue should be darker…more of a purple.
My fav holiday scent is pine.
This is awesome, Callye…thank you so much! I was just putting my Thanksgiving color palette together today and wanted to add teal. It’s definitely one of my favorite colors right now. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and thanks for sharing your tips! 🙂
Christine
I love cinnamon scents!
My favorite scent of the season is “cookie” scent and I’m not just saying that because it is your site. 😉
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You are as much the queen of color as you are the queen of cookies! I enjoy the palettes you posted of fall colors. Can’t wait to see what you might design for the Christmas holidays!
The best scent is live evergreen during the holidays.
But what cookie cutters were used to make the indian corn and tassels? I think I can see a snowman possibly for the actual corn but what about the tops of the corn? Thanks
So cute and I love the color palettes!!
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Just when I think to myself, wonder how she got those beautiful colors….how did she do that, you come through helping all of us who are struggling with color. Plus I love you provide alternatives for those of us who have yet to purchase every color. As a newbie decorator your site is invaluable. Thanks so much!
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What cookie cutters are used to make the corn? I would love to try this!!
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Hi! I’ve read through the entire page and can’t find what cutter you used. Did I miss it?