Okay, I beg for help....when I took my cake classes, we were told to either purchase fondant in the color desired, add the coloring to the marshmellow stage of MMF or to knead in coloring to premade fondant. I have a cake coming up that needs very specific shades to look correct, and I need advice on how to color premade fondant evenly. Whenever I've tried to color it before, I get more of a marbled look (which is cool, but not really what I need for this project). How oh how do I get colored fondant that has the color evenly distributed?????
the best advice I can give is to kneed it like bread dough. When in a circle lift up side near you and use your palm to push it into the center. Turn 1/4 of the way and do the same thing. Keep going until you have the whole thing one shade of color. It takes a bit but it will get there.
Yep it can take me a good half an hour to get the colour through evenly, after kneading and twisting for a while I use the roller to help. Soon I will be getting an airbrush to help, you could also try painting the colour on, but that can be a pain if it's a large area!
Whenever I've tried to color it before, I get more of a marbled look (which is cool, but not really what I need for this project). How oh how do I get colored fondant that has the color evenly distributed?????
If you are ending up with a marbled effect, then you have not kneaded your fondant well enough to properly blend the colors.
I do a combination of kneading the fondant and pulling it until it's well blended.
What they said!
A good rule of thumb is: if your hands are not sore, you are not bored out of your mind, and you don't want to chuck the fondant out of the window, then you haven't yet kneaded it enough.
I love working with fondant but I HATE coloring it!
As suggested by Nic Lodge, pinch off a piece of fondant about the size of a ping pong ball, color that piece with gel or paste color a shade or two darker than what you want the finished color to be. Knead the colored ball into the amount of white fondant you will use to cover your cake. You get a more even color and no little dark spots or speckles from the colored gel or paste. And a little tip of my own. I put the fondant in my KitchenAid bowl with the dough hook, drop the colored ball of fondant in and mix on slow speed until is is pretty well distributed, then remove the fondant and finish kneading by hand until the color is uniform. It saves wear and tear on your wrists and hands this way.
Shirley, fantastic tip, I've been wondering if something along those lines would work?! 
As suggested by Nic Lodge, pinch off a piece of fondant about the size of a ping pong ball, color that piece with gel or paste color a shade or two darker than what you want the finished color to be. Knead the colored ball into the amount of white fondant you will use to cover your cake. You get a more even color and no little dark spots or speckles from the colored gel or paste. And a little tip of my own. I put the fondant in my KitchenAid bowl with the dough hook, drop the colored ball of fondant in and mix on slow speed until is is pretty well distributed, then remove the fondant and finish kneading by hand until the color is uniform. It saves wear and tear on your wrists and hands this way.
wonderful tip!! gonna file that away in the ol mental roledex 
Has anyone used the dry powder food coloring in fondant that is already made? I would hope that it would work since adding even the gel color breaks down the fondant or should I say softens it up as to where you need to add powdered sugar.
darkchocolate
Has anyone used the dry powder food coloring in fondant that is already made? I would hope that it would work since adding even the gel color breaks down the fondant or should I say softens it up as to where you need to add powdered sugar.
darkchocolate
I've never tried it... But then again I never have any problem with my gels breaking down the fondant.
If you are having an issue with the gels softening up the fondant you could try leaving it unwrapped for a bit so it dries out a bit.
Thanks everyone for your help....I'll start kneading away!!
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