Bright and Cheery Easter Color Palette
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I have a confession to make. Picking out color schemes for cookies is hard (for me at least). On average, I can plan out the design of a cookie idea in an hour or less. However, deciding on how I should color a cookie design can take me DAYS to mull it over. I’ll look to Pinterest, or items I find in the seasonal section of department stores for any source of inspiration. Then I’ll go back-and-forth in my head whether I'm making the right choice. Then, as the first drop of food coloring hits the icing, I give my last prayer to the icing gods that I made the right decision. This is a typical cookie week for me.
When I do find a color scheme I like, I tell myself I should write it down. That’s really what this post is about. You see, I loved the color palette of the recent Easter cookie set I made and will probably want to mix these colors again. Creating this post is a way for me to remember what colors I used and how I mixed the colors I had on hand. Also, if you like the color scheme I’m about to show you, hopefully you’ll find this reference useful, as well.
Mixing the Icing Colors
I like to call this color scheme the "Bright and Cheery Easter Color Palette". Looking at the colors instantly brightens my mood and puts a smile on my face, hence the name.
![Bright and Cheery Easter Color Palette by Semi Sweet Designs](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5ce56b0f27a2154164088913/5ce89c1f7a0da841585f51f7_easter_color_palette.jpeg)
What's great about this color palette is most of the colors come straight out of the bottle, with no color-mixing involved. To achieve these colors, I mixed the following:
- Poppy Pink - One small drop of Rainbow Dust Pink (A little goes a long way.)
- Egg Yellow - The name makes this one obvious: Americolor Egg Yellow
- Carrot Orange - Americolor Orange
- Blossom Blue - Equal parts Americolor Teal and Americolor Sky Blue.
- Easter Grass Green - Two parts Americolor Egg Yellow and One part Americolor Mint.
- Violet Purple - Rainbow Dust Progel Purple
- Sunlit Brown - 2 parts Rainbow Dust Chestnut and 1 part Rainbow Dust Caramel. (If you don't have Rainbow Dust gels, 1 part Americolor Chocolate Brown, 1 part Americolor Electric Green, and 1 part Americolor Egg Yellow will work as well.)
For a more pastel color palette that is less bright but equally cheery, you can do one of two things: reduce the color gel amount added to the icing, or add more white icing to your existing mixture.
![Decorated Easter Cookies by Semi Sweet Designs](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5ce56b0f27a2154164088913/5ce89c1f5abdf6b28d4b1ac5_Decorated_Easter_Cookies_title.jpeg)
In the next few days, I'll be referring this Easter color palette as I start putting together a few tutorials for the cookies shown above. I hope you stay tune!