This is my first food coloring palette.  I didn't think ahead or put my colors in order; I was just discovering painting on cookies and I put colors into the wells as I needed them.  It worked great.  I somehow knew where each color was and it served me well.  

 I wanted to show you my messy, crazy palette because it doesn't really matter what your palette looks like or where your colors are as long as you know the layout, but I will say I've learned a couple of things along my cookie painting journey and thought I would share.