Cake Decorating Novice: How do I make pink icing?

[Yurtgirl]

as title says

If I add red food colouring to fondant icing i seem to get a pale red colour progressing to RED

How do I create pink? Do I need to go to a fancy cake decorating shop?

Help!

You need to buy pink paste food colour - liquid colour is no good.

Sugarflair do a pink colour but it is a bit salmony pink - I would always go for squires kitchen rose paste colour.

This will give you a pale bubblegum pink, right through to a shocking pink.