Results for "food colouring"
19 colours found.

Black
Carbon black
A deep black pigment and filler made by burning carbon-rich materials with little airPigment
Brown
Iron oxide
Earthy pigments made from iron and oxygen, found in nature and used since prehistoryPigment
Black
Cephalopod ink
A dark liquid from sea creatures, once used in pens and now in Mediterranean and Japanese foodColour named from nature 路 馃嚡馃嚨 Japan +2
Orange
Annatto
A natural orange-red dye from the seeds of a tropical shrubColour named from nature 路 馃嚥馃嚱 Mexico +5
Red
Lycopene
The deep red pigment found in tomatoes and many red fruitsPigment 路 馃嚭馃嚫 United States +2
Yellow
Curcumin
The bright yellow pigment found in turmeric rootPigment
Orange
Flavin mononucleotide
An orange-red food colour and biomolecule made from vitamin B2Pigment 路 馃嚭馃嚫 United States

Red
Alkanet
A Mediterranean plant whose root gives a red dye used since ancient timesColour named from nature 路 馃嚭馃嚘 Ukraine +2
Red
Betanin
A red food dye made from beets and other plantsPigment
Red
Ponceau 4R
A synthetic strawberry red dye used in foods outside the United StatesDye

Blue
Brilliant blue FCF
A synthetic blue dye widely used in foods, drinks, and medicinesPigment 路 馃嚭馃嚫 United States

Green
Green S
A synthetic green dye used in food and eye testsDye 路 馃嚘馃嚭 Australia +4
Yellow
Quinoline Yellow WS
A greenish yellow synthetic dye used in foods, drinks, medicines and cosmeticsDye 路 馃嚘馃嚭 Australia +1
Orange
Violaxanthin
An orange pigment found in many plants and used as a food colouring in some countriesPigment 路 馃嚘馃嚭 Australia +1
Yellow
Yellow 2G
A synthetic yellow azo dye once used as a food colouringDye
Pink and magenta
D&C Red 7
A synthetic red pigment widely used in printing and food colouringPigment
Orange
Solvent Yellow 14
An orange-red azo dye once used in food, now banned for food and textilesPigment

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Carthamin
A red pigment and dye obtained from safflower flowersPigment 路 馃嚜馃嚞 Egypt +1
Purple and violet
Purple sweet potato color
A natural purple food colouring from specially bred sweet potatoesDye 路 馃嚡馃嚨 Japan
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Carbon black: FK1954, Public domain, source
- Iron oxide: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Fuzic&action=edit, Public domain, source
- Cephalopod ink: Ralf Roletschek, GFDL 1.2, source
- Green S: Edgar181, Public domain, source
- Curcumin: Holger M M眉rk, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Annatto: Primejyothi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lycopene: Jeff Dahl, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Alkanet: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Betanin: MarinaVladivostok, CC0, source
- Ponceau 4R: Nizil Shah, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Brilliant blue FCF: Soldier of Wasteland, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Violaxanthin: Yikrazuul, Public domain, source
- Solvent Yellow 14: J眉rgen Martens, Public domain, source
- Carthamin: Edgar181, Public domain, source