I've never heard of mixing color powder with water (although that doesn't mean it can't happen). Every chef I've ever seen doing macs mixes the coloring with the egg whites that are combined with the tant pour tant (not the whites that are whipped with the sugar syrup)
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I've never heard of mixing color powder with water (although that doesn't mean it can't happen). Every chef I've ever seen doing macs mixes the coloring with the egg whites that are combined with the tant pour tant.
