How Do You Get Food Color Off Of Your Hands?
Decorating By Sneezie Updated 12 Apr 2008 , 3:31am by Cake_Princess
Good old fashion scrubbing.My hands are in and out of water so often it wears off.I often have stained hands from coloring fondant.I also use a bit of bleach in the bath tub.
I usually just use the regular hospital type gloves. If I get some on my hands I use a diluted bleach solution about 1 capful in about 4 cups of water and scrub my hands with it. That gets most of it off, and the rest just has to wear off. Maybe someone else will have a much less chemically way of cleaning your hands.
Toothpaste works good and is friendly to the hands 
Here's some other tips to help you that work for both hands & clothing:
Make *sure* NO water touches the color.
Spray the spot(s) w/Windex well & 'scrub'
Rinse with the *HOTTEST* water you can possibly stand
Before you begin, rub shortening on your hands. This is especially helpful if kneading color into fondant.
That is funny...I do the bleach too...I just put a little on my hands and rub them with soap and immdiately rinse (very) well with water...I then immdiately put lotion or shortening on my hands(depending on if I am done in the kitchen)...my father always used to put bleach on his burns...and not a scar to see....(he was in autobody work)
I use a spritz of Clorox Clean-up and it magically disappears. Discovered this tip from a Day of Sharing here in Texas. Works like a charm with no scraping.
I do the same and I'm from Texas too!!! I keep a bottle of Clorox Cleanup in my kitchen for every day use. I also keep a bottle of lotion in my window and use it every time I use the Clorox (either for cleaning the kitchen or my hands).
I bought non-latex hospital gloves - got them at costco. I bought the non-latex ones because didn't want to take a chance with allergys. My friend is allergic to latex and so I'm extra cautious about it. They fit great too.... I just made a big mess with the wilton ones. Very rarely get color on my hands.
HTH
Judi
Invest in some of those plastic food handling gloves. One of the best things I ever did for kneeding coloring into fondant.
I agree, I can't imagine using non-latex hospital gloves for kneading fondant or for food handling. I work at a hospital and those gloves have a weird smell to them. I would not want them in contact with my food for prolonged periods.
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