FOOD COLORING LIQUID

COLORS

SIZES

 Blue

Green

Orange

Red

Rose

Violet

Yellow

Each “Color Kit” contained 4 basic colors; red, green, yellow & blue

 Small (or 3/16 or 1/4 Ounce).

1/2 Ounce

1 Ounce

2 Ounce

CONTAINER TYPE

Glass bottles.

 The early versions had cork tops; later versions had metal or plastic screw-on caps.

3/16 & 1/4 oz. size had the color type embossed into the glass.

All other sizes had paper labels.

FOOD COLOR PASTE

COLORS

SIZES

Above: A 1922 ad section showing the color pastes available at that time. 

Some holiday hints for food colors.

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The many uses for Burnett’s Liquid Food Colors and Food Color Pastes.

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Black

Blue

Caramel

Chestnut

Crimson

Green

Orange

Peach

Pink

Red

Rose

Scarlet

Violet

Yellow

Original color names from the early 1900’s, like Damask Rose, Mandarin Orange, Leaf Green, Fruit Red, Golden Yellow, Salmon Pink, and Imperial Blue, where simply exotic names for the same colors listed above. 

Colors were used over the years.  Not all were available at any one time.

1/4 Ounce

Also came in a tablet form.

CONTAINER TYPE

A small cardboard box containing a glass jar with a metal screw cap.

The boxes had the instructions and other information printed on them.