When Radiant Orchid was announced as the Color of the Year for 2014, I wasn't sure what to think.
I LOVE color. LOVE. (I have a bright yellow piano in my family room. Like I said, I love color.) I just wasn't sure "Radiant Orchid" had a place in my life.
That is, I wasn't sure until I started looking at all of the tones of Radiant Orchid. It's really beautiful. Maybe it doesn't fit in my house, but a handbag? A pair of shoes? An eyeshadow? Cookies?
Yes. I'm sold!
When Mandi suggested our next Color Challenge be "Lilac" or "Radiant Orchid" for spring, I knew exactly what I wanted to make. I've made paint chip cookies before, and always had in the back of my mind that I wanted to make them again. Before I knew it, six years had gone by and I'd never gotten around to it. TIME FLIES, doesn't it?!? *sigh*
OK...to make Radiant Orchid royal icing, you'll need a few AmeriColor food colorings.
I used equal parts (I eyeballed it, no measuring) Deep Pink, Electric Purple, and Regal Purple.
I started with the middle shade, then scooped some of it into one bowl and stirred in more plain icing to lighten it. I scooped some more into another bowl, then added more food coloring for the deeper shade.
The cookies are easy. I used my crayon cookie cutter for the long rectangle, and lopped off the pointy end. Before I divided the cookies into sections with icing, I used a food coloring pen to mark on the cookie where I wanted to the lines to go.
If you look closely at that front cookie, you can see a little of that food coloring pen mark peeking out from the icing. Shhh....don't tell.
Alright, be sure to check out all of the fabulous ladies and their homages to Radiant Orchid (or Lilac). I think it'll grow on you, too!

Those are so pretty!
ReplyDeleteIf I had to wear shades of this color every day for the rest of my life, I would not be sad. The cookies are beautiful, and it's such a clever way to announce that a fresh, new season has arrived. Lovely!
ReplyDeleteLove the cookies. You nailed Radiant Orchid! Your paint chips had me fooled until I looked a whole lot closer.
ReplyDeleteI'm a color lover too but you win the prize with a bright yellow piano. Very fun indeed! I have a life sized red London phone booth in my living room. It's a mirror, and I just love it!
Renee - Kudos Kitchen
I LOVE this, Bridget! I kinda have a thing for paint chips...
ReplyDeleteLove. Love. LOVE these!! I mean looooooooooooove.
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So adorable! How awesome would they be as a housewarming gift or to someone in the middle of a renovation :)
ReplyDeleteLove this color! I am going to paint my bathroom this color! Someday......
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ReplyDeleteI love this color! Your paint chip cookies look adorable. You really have to look closely for that food coloring marker and I bet nobody would have noticed unless you mentioned it.
Annamaria
Oh. My. Goodness. Bridget. THESE may be my favorite cookies so far. Not because they're complex, but what they mean to me. I work for a personal care company that makes soap for a store you'd probably find in any mall in America (hint hint), anyways, I'm a chemist that works in a lab all day perfectly color matching soap to standards, often Pantones. We LOVE pantones here and I love when the books "expire" and we get to take them home and craft with them. I loved Emerald as last year's Pantone color, because it's my FAVORITE color, but when Radiant Orchid was announced, I was excited because I love purple, too. Our department is actually getting laid off as of this coming Monday, and we will all be sad to say goodbye to Pantoning on the job, but, we will always have fond memories, and these would be the PERFECT going away present for all my coworkers. I can't wait to share this post with them!
ReplyDeleteOh, Megan! I'm so sorry you're getting laid off. :( I hope this means great things are heading your way in the future!
DeleteI loved Emerald, too!
Oh, it's OK, I believe even bad things happen for a reason, and God's in control!! I showed these cookies to my coworkers this morning and we all loved them! Only happy memories! I just loved that this post came at such an appropriate time, thanks for being a ray of sunshine in our cloudy world :-)
DeleteLove this! I did a Radiant Orchid eye and lip look on my blog. I plan on making some cookies soon enough for easter so maybe I'll make some orchid icing for my egg cookies!
ReplyDeleteSuper pretty!! I love the colors, and the fun idea!!
ReplyDeleteSo adorable!
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ReplyDeleteLove the cookies. What a great idea for a spring brunch!
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty cookie and the perfect choice for a color challenge. You are so clever, Bridget, to come up with a paint chip cookie. I never even knew there was such a thing as "color of the year"!?!
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ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous!! Loved them when I saw them on IG :)
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