If you ever had to memorize the colors of the visible spectrum, or rainbow, when you were in school, you may remember ROY G. BIV. No, ROY G. BIV is not a person, rather it’s an acronym to help you remember the sequence of colors in the visible spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.
Given that colorful fruits and vegetables are loaded with phytonutrients, antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, fiber, and protein, I thought it would be fun to come up with as many fruits and vegetables as I could for each color of the spectrum. Here’s what I came up with:
Given that colorful fruits and vegetables are loaded with phytonutrients, antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, fiber, and protein, I thought it would be fun to come up with as many fruits and vegetables as I could for each color of the spectrum. Here’s what I came up with:
- Red: tomatoes, red bell peppers, strawberries, raspberries, cherries, watermelon, pomegranate, red grapes, red cabbage, rhubarb, red potatoes
- Orange: carrots, pumpkin, yams, sweet potatoes, butternut squash, oranges, mangoes, peaches, cantaloupe, persimmons, apricots
- Yellow: summer squash, corn, pineapple, lemons, bananas, yellow bell peppers, yellow watermelon, yellow tomatoes, golden kiwifruit, yellow apples, yellow pears, yellow beets
- Green: spinach, kale, collard greens, Swiss chard, bok choy, cabbage, broccoli, cucumbers, sugar snap peas, celery, limes, apples, kiwifruit, green grapes, avocado, green beans
- Blue: blueberries, blue corn
- Indigo: romanesco broccoli, concord grapes, cherry purple tomato, plums
- Violet: purple cabbage, eggplant, purple carrots, purple potatoes, purple onions