THE COLORS OF ARLOS COOKIES 1 0 0 + C O L O R F O R M U L A S 2 0 + A R L O S C O O K I E S C O L O R P A L E T T E S WELCOME • J O I N T H E F A C E B O O K G R O U P • Join our private Facebook group The Colors of Arlos Cookies In order to be approved ENTER PASSWORD: COLORSOFARLO with your order number. BONUS LIVE VIDEO Dates for a "LIVE COLOR MIXING" (or two) will be announced in the Facebook group. During the LIVE I will walk through mixing one color palette with the group and do a Q&A on color mixing + go over some color mixing tips & tricks and even icing consistencies. The group is optional, but will be great place to ask any questions! Hope to see you there and happy color mixing! Luna @Arloscookies #ARLOSCOOKIESCOLORS 2 WHAT YOU WILL FIND • T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S • C o l o r M i x i n g S u p p l y L i s t . P a g e 4 C o l o r T h e o r y B a s i c s . P a g e 5 M e a s u r i n g Y o u r G e l F o o d C o l o r s . P a g e 6 T i p s & T r i c k s . P a g e 7 C o l o r P a l e t t e s w i t h F o r m u l a s . P a g e 8 - 3 0 S u m m e r V i b e s . P a g e 8 - 1 1 T h e m e s ( B e e , V a l e n t i n e , E a s t e r , U n i c o r n s ) . P a g e 1 2 - 1 7 F a l l / A u t u m n . P a g e 1 8 - 2 4 W i n t e r / H o l i d a y . P a g e 2 5 - 3 0 A l l C o l o r M i x i n g F o r m u l a s . P a g e 3 1 - 4 7 P i n k s . P a g e 3 1 - 3 2 P u r p l e s . P a g e 3 3 - 3 4 B l u e s . P a g e 3 5 - 3 6 G r e e n s . P a g e 3 7 - 3 8 Y e l l o w s . P a g e 3 9 - 4 0 O r a n g e s . P a g e 4 1 - 4 2 R e d s . P a g e 4 3 B r o w n s . P a g e 4 4 - 4 5 G r e y s . P a g e 4 6 W h i t e s . P a g e 4 7 F A Q . P a g e 4 8 A m e r i c o l o r C o l o r C h a r t ( a l l c o l o r s u s e d ) . P a g e 4 9 ( + t i p s o n w h a t t o d o i f u s i n g a d i f f e r e n t b r a n d ) 3 SUPPLY LIST • C O L O R M I X I N G S H O P P I N G L I S T • AMERICOLOR SOFT GEL FOOD COLORS: NEUTRALS: ORANGES: BLUES: Bright White Peach Silver Spruce Ivory Pumpkin Turquoise Taupe Terracotta Midnight Stone Peacock Super Black YELLOWS: Teal Gold Royal Blue BROWNS: Chartreuse Navy Warm Brown Chocolate Brown GREENS: PURPLES: Burnt Umber Forest Green Plum Moss Regal Purple REDS: Olive Electric Purple Red Red Cypress Eggplant Crimson Avocado Sangria Electric Green PINKS: Burgundy Mauve Watermelon Soft Pink Dusty Rose OTHER SUPPLIES: Food Scale Tipless Piping Bags Thin Rubber Spatula Small Mixing Bowls 4 COLOR THEORY • S O M E K E Y P O I N T S O F B A S I C C O L O R T H E O R Y • WARM & COOL COLORS Generally, colors on the LEFT side of the color wheel are your WARM colors, and colors on the RIGHT side of your color wheel are COOL colors. KEY COLOR HARMONY When creating a perfect color palette, you want all the colors to work together and create harmony. You can achieve this by using a "key" color, or a color that is used in small amounts and added to each color mixture. For example, the "Summer Citrus" palette's key color in the oranges is peach, and a little is used in all 3 orange shades. I also do this often with the color Taupe - to give my colors a nice muted look. MIXING DIFFERENT SHADES/TONES ADD MORE WHITE ICING TO CHANGE THE TINT OF YOUR TINT PURE COLOR. PURE COLOR ADD TAUPE TO CHANGE THE TON TONE OF YOUR COLOR/MUTE YOUR COLOR. YOU CAN ALSO USE IVORY. ADD BLACK TO CHANGE THE SHADE SHADE OF YOUR PURE COLOR & DARKEN. BE CAREFUL WITH THIS! 5 HOW TO MEASURE YOUR GEL FOOD COLORING • Q U I C K G U I D E T O G E L F O O D C O L O R M E A S U R E M E N T S • You'll notice through-out this color mixing guide in each formula when listing how much color to use I will say "drop, small drop, dab, or tiny dab" Below is a photo guide for what each means word means. Color drops are added on the tip of a butter knife to better show size for reference. DROP SMALL DROP DAB SMALL DAB A drop is when you About 1/2 of the For a dab, squeeze About 1/2 the amount squeeze the bottle amount of a regular some gel color out of of a dab. Just the just enough so the gel drop. your bottle so some tinest amount on your comes out, but not is left on the top of spatula! hard enough where a the bottle. Take your large blob comes out. spatula and dab a small amount onto your spatula. 6 TIPS & TRICKS • M A K I N G C O L O R M I X I N G E A S I E R • IMPORTANT REMINDER I add about 1 teaspoon of white gel icing to my base icing (per 2 lb of powdered sugar). If you do not do this, your colors may vary more. Color Mixing Tips & Tricks Start with a small amount of color. You can always add more, but it's hard to go from dark to light. Use a thin rubber spatula to mix your icing. Trust me, this is a LOT easier than a spoon! You can use the same bowl for mixing multiple colors, just go from light to dark. Plus, this saves on dishes! If you want to "mute" your color, add a tiny bit of Taupe. When adding icing to your tipless bags, place your bag in a small cup and fold the edges of the bag around the lip of the cup. This will make it so you can easily pour in your icing. TO MAKE A GRADIENT OF COLOR: FOR EXAMPLE: 1. Mix 3.5 ounces of any color, we'll say Hibiscus. 2. Keep 2 ounces in one bowl, this will be your darkest color. 3. In remaining 3 bowls, add one ounce, 1/2 ounce. 4. Next in remaining 3 bowls, add back white so you have 2 ounces in each bowl. Now you should have an even gradient of your Hibiscus color! 7 TROPICAL PARADISE • P E R 1 O Z O F I C I N G • C o l o r s N e e d e d : P e a c h , T e r r a c o t t a , D u s t y R o s e , I v o r y , F o r e s t G r e e n , T u r q u o i s e , A v o c a d o ORANGE CORAL CORAL SHELL CORAL PINK CORAL Peach: 2 drops Terracotta: 1 drop Terracotta: 1 small drop Terracotta: 1 dab Terracotta: 1 drop Peach: 1 small dab Ivory: 1 drop Dusty Rose: 1 drop ARUBA BLUE JADE LAGOON SEASCAPE Forest Green: 1 drop Turquoise: 1 drop Turquoise: 1 dab Turquoise: 1 small dab Turquoise: 1 drop Avocado: 1 small drop Avocado: 1 small drop Avocado: 1 small dab 8 SUMMER CITRUS • P E R 1 O Z O F I C I N G • C o l o r s N e e d e d : I v o r y , P e a c h , G o l d , D u s t y R o s e , F o r e s t G r e e n , S i l v e r S p r u c e CELEMENTINE PEACH APRICOT ALMOND Peach: 1 drop Peach: 1 small drop Peach: 1 small dab Peach: 1 small dab Gold: 1 drop Gold: 1 small drop Dusty Rose: 1 small dab Ivory: 1 small dab Ivory: 1 dab Ivory: 1 small dab ALPINE JUNGLE Forest Green: 1 drop Forest Green: 1 small drop Silver Spruce: 1 drop 9 SUMMER CACTI • P E R 1 O Z O F I C I N G • C o l o r s N e e d e d : F o r e s t G r e e n , M o s s , W a r m B r o w n , D u s t y R o s e PRICKLY PEAR GREEN AGAVE GREEN CACTUS STICK GREEN DESERT BROWN Forest Green: 2 drops Forest Green: 1 drop Moss: 1 drop Warm Brown: 1 drop Moss: 1 drop CACTUS FLOWER Dusty Rose: 1 dab 10 ALOE VERA • P E R 1 O Z O F I C I N G • C o l o r s N e e d e d : S t o n e , T a u p e , I v o r y , D u s t y R o s e , T e r r a c o t t a , G o l d , F o r e s t G r e e n , M o s s , T e a l CEMENT STONE PEACH DUST PEACH BLOSSOM Stone: 1 drop Stone: 1 dab Dusty Rose: 1 small dab Dusty Rose: 1 drop Taupe: 1 small drop Ivory: 1 small dab Terracotta: 1 dab SUNSET ALOE VERA Gold: 1 drop Forest Green: 2 drops Ivory: 1 drop Moss: 2 drops Teal: 1 small drop 11 UNICORNS & RAINBOWS • P E R 1 O Z O F I C I N G • C o l o r s N e e d e d : T a u p e , E l e c t r i c G r e e n , A v o c a d o ,.