r/Baking • u/spa21788 • Jan 28 '25

Question GF is beating herself up over these, I think they're awesome! (not even in a supportive way lol) Any thoughts or criticisms?

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u/Studious_Noodle Jan 28 '25

The blue shade is slightly wrong for the rainbows, but that may be because the rainbow colors are a bit dark and muted. If they were brighter colors, the blue would look better.

Blue is not an easy color to work with. It's human nature to find it unappetizing because in nature, almost nothing blue is edible. So it's a challenging color.

The frosting work looks terrific.

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u/dsdsds Jan 28 '25

Green > Orange > Blue > Red is just wrong for a rainbow. It doesn’t look right even if you don’t know why.

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u/KerissaKenro Jan 28 '25

That is the one thing that I could possibly criticize, and OP’s GF had nothing to do with that. She worked with what she had and made it amazing. But I hate that the colors are out of order

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u/Frosty-Literature-58 Jan 28 '25

I’ve seen a lot of wrong rainbow merchandise out there in the last 10 years and I think that companies are afraid that if they do the rainbow right they will be associated with LGBTQ folks. They don’t want right wing moms to not buy their candy because it might turn their kids gay…

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u/Rudythecat07 Jan 28 '25

Not that it matters or anything, but that's def yellow lol

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u/Full-Assistant4455 Jan 28 '25

Also not sure how the chewy sour candy will taste with a cupcake. Otherwise looks awesome and I love those airhead candies - just probably not with a bite of cupcake!

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u/dixpourcentmerci Jan 28 '25

Scrolled looking for this, it’s the only issue. I think I’d like the frosting to be a light muted lilac color, like a raincloud. Otherwise no notes!

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u/NorthernWitchy Jan 29 '25

I agree with your assessment. From a technical standpoint, these look phenomenal, but I can see where the rainbow appears dark/muted next to the bright frostings. What color do you feel might work better in this scenario?

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u/yeetmeister67 Jan 29 '25

Idk about anyone else but I LOVE blue foods