I'm making a cake for a football game and the school colors are maroon and white. What colors do I mix to get that? A red and purple? Or red and blue? I just don't know. I couldn't find a Wilton wine or maroon color anywhere. Thanks for your help in advance!
Isn't maroon pretty similar to burgundy? Wilton's does have that color, but not at places like WalMart. I've only ever found it at Jo-Ann's or Michaels.
If your cake is big, you may as well pick up two. It takes a ton of the coloring to get anywhere near what you want - it's as bad as black and red. I got to a really deep burgundy by using burgundy and a bit of red and black.
Good luck!
Yeah, I just want a burgundy color but it seems when I add a lot of color (even the paste that wilton puts out) it changes the consistancy of the icing. I'll go tonight and look for a wine color. Hopefully they will have that at Michael's. Thanks for your help.
I did an A&M cake with those same colors. I used burgandy and a little black and I got a nice maroon color. I would try red and purple and see what youu get. I don't think I would add the blue. Also... I am wondering if you added red to brown if that might make maroon. You might start with a small bowel of icing and mix just a little at a time so you do not mess up a whole batch. Good luck!
traci 
I did a wedding shower cake and use burgandy for the maroon color she wanted and it took more then normal to get the deep rich color... but it worked u can see the pic i posted
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=allby&member_id=10590&cat=0&pos=1 hopefully u can see the color..
I did a maroon cake this summer. I made the maroon icing and thought it was REALLY ugly--so I decided to bo with burgundy since it was so close to maroon anyway. Here is the link to the cake: http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=allby&member_id=3401&cat=0&pos=10
Although it looks a bit more red in this pic--it was a beautiful burgundy color. The client was thrilled. If you really need the maroon, I would go ahead and do the red/brown combo. I also believe I added a bit of orange.
Also--make sure to make it well in advance. The color that I finally achieved was after 3 days of "curing" so to speak. It definately darkened with time.
HTH!!
Lisa
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