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If you’re after superior quality oil-based food colour, look no further! Chocolate Chameleon by Sweet Colour Lab come in 11 core colours*, granting you the potential to produce hundreds of vibrant, beautiful colours. Use them with your candy melts, chocolate, buttercreams, ganache, and chocolate-based drips as well as in modelling chocolate to create the perfect hue. The most brilliant part (apart from the vibrant colours of course) is their ease of use and cost-effectiveness.

*Sweet Color Lab may release a limited-edition Chameleon colour from time to time.

Why You Need to Try Chocolate Chameleon Oil-Based Food Colours:

Chocolate Chameleon Colours

1. have been formulated to achieve the highest quality in colour.
2. work on products with very high fat and oil content like dark chocolate, white chocolate, compound chocolate, candy melts, high-ratio buttercream icing, and cake drip.
3. are more concentrated than other brands of oil-based candy colouring so you use less to get more vibrant colours!
4. come in 2 oz., twist cap with dropper nozzle for a consistent and precise measurement every time.
5. are shelf-stable with a two-year shelf life after opening.
6. blend easily with base product
7. are intense, fade-resistant, flavourless colours
8. achieve the exact shade you want without watering down your product
9. are cost-effective
10. are available in Australia at Edible Image Supplies.

TIP: Always test custom colour mixes in a small batch first as colour results may vary.

Some handy pointers:

• For light & pastel shades use Bright White candy melts or white chocolate + drop of White Chocolate Chameleon
• For dark & bright shades use White candy melts or white chocolate
• For pure black use milk/dark chocolate or brown candy melts
• For pure snow-white use white chocolate or Bright White/White candy melts and add some White Chocolate Chameleon to brighten and remove any yellow tint

TIP: Add Chocolate Chameleon to melted chocolate or candy melts - start with less than you think you need as it is easier to add more colour than to lighten up a very dark shade!

Guide by @sweetlolasugarart

How to use the Chocolate Chameleon Colour Mixing Guide:

Simply add to your base product (melted chocolate, buttercream etc.) the listed Chocolate Chameleon colours by drops that are approximately the same size.

For example, to make Peony:

1. Add 1 drop Pink, 1 drop Yellow, and 2 drops Red - mix very well. If your goal is a very deep shade, you can double this to start: 2 drops Pink, 2 drops Yellow, 4 drops Red.
2. To go darker, repeat with another 1 drop Pink, 1 drop Yellow, and 2 drops Red - mix very well.
3. White Chocolate Chameleon can be added to lighten the mixed colour if too dark.
4. Note: If using in chocolate/melts, once the chocolate has been put in a mould and set up, the final colour result will be a little bit darker than when the coloured chocolate is in melted form.

Chocolate Chameleon Core Colours: Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Teal, Violet, White, and Black.

CREDIT: Mixing guide and many of the tips and insights featured in this article were kindly provided by Joy at Sweet Lola LLC @sweetlolasugarart

Coloured chocolate disc's made by @sweetlolasugarart using Chocolate Chameleon.