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I like to use up extra icing by making lots of Royal Icing Transfers to save for the future. I also use it for practice making roses and other flowers, trying out new piping techniques, and sometimes just try mixing the different colors I made to see what new colors I come up with. Its a great way to figure out what adding black will do to each color. If you take a picture of the colors you used and what the result was, you have a great record of the colors you can make. Just remember to put the bottle of color you used next to the icing. If not, you may not remember exactly which red you started with. It may not seem very cost effective to waste it practicing, but you will make up the loss over time by making your mistakes while practicing instead of on a large batch of cookies you end up having to redo.