Use Red Food Coloring to create the desired red hue in cakes, candies and frostings. To achieve a light pink color, use just a few drops or add multiple drops for dark red. This color can also be combined with yellow food coloring to create shades of orange.

Ingredients
Water, glycerine, FD&C red #40, FD&C blue #1, citric acid, sodium benzoate.<\/p>