Artisits?? How to make black?

So this is actually a food question, but I figure food colouring/paint - works kind of the same

I want to make black sugar (for a road). I feel like I should know the answer to this... I have a packet of little liquid food colouring I used when I made finger paint (red, green. yellow, blue). So how do I make black?
Or is there a such thing as black food colouring??

TIA

You can get black food colouring. It is best to use the gel colours though, rather than the liquid colouring as you'll get a better black from them.
GL!

i have seen (liquid) black food colouring in Woolworths and in Pak n Sav in Welly, so I would think there would be some in Auck? No idea about the gel food colouring though...

Hmmm thanks guys
CaraMel - do you know where I can find gel food colouring by any chance?? I can't recall seeing that at the supermarket, but good to know I can get black

soak black jelly beans in hot water until all the colour comes away... then remove the (now clear) jelly beans then add your icing sugar as normal. you can get black food colouring from the fresh choice/countdown/woolies chains if you want that instead

HTH

Use chocolate icing to start with then add the black. You get a better black that way. Also hunt out the paste colouring. You may need to go to a cake store or specialty cooking store to find the little pottles of colour but they are great. I think they are wilton brand. Or you could try grating licorice to get the road effect. Never tried it just had an idea. Betty crocker do toothpaste sized tubes of black but not sure if you can get them here. Good luck.

MyLilSquishy wrote: soak black jelly beans in hot water until all the colour comes away... then remove the (now clear) jelly beans then add your icing sugar as normal. you can get black food colouring from the fresh choice/countdown/woolies chains if you want that instead HTH

Thats what we did one year but you need heaps to get good colour ours ended up a dark forest green lol

Millies is a two minute walk from me if you want me to call in and get some black.

yea i used that black food colouring and even added heaps and it was still dark grey