What colors make orange with food coloring?

Liquid food coloring generally only comes in the primary of RED, YELLOW, and BLUE (and sometimes green). Drip RED and YELLOW together for Orange. Generally dry food coloring also comes in more of an "artists palette", if that helps. Less pedantically - like mixing paint, use red and yellow to get your desired shade. read more

If you are coloring frosting, then add a little of the mixture to some frosting to test the shade (before adding more red or more yellow) as the color in the bowl may not reflect the true shade. Add orange juice to white frosting if you want to make light orange frosting. read more

To make different colors with food coloring, start by gathering food coloring in the three primary colors: blue, red, and yellow. Next, create the secondary colors by mixing the primary ones in small, clean bowls. For example, mix blue and yellow to create green, or red and blue to make purple. read more