Food Rainbow

Colorful fruits and vegetables deliver healthful doses of vitamins, minerals, and disease-fighting phytochemicals. The darker the color of the fruit or vegetable, the more nutrients it usually contains.

Here are some examples:

color green—lettuce, spinach, kiwi, and broccoli

-greenish lettuce-

-fresh kiwi-

yellow/orange—sweat potatoes, cantaloupe, oranges, and carrots

-sweet patotoes-

-cantaloupe-

red—tomatoes, strawberries, cranberries, and apples

-tomatoes-

-strawberries-

blue/purple—blueberries, purple grapes, plums and eggplant

-eggplants-

-grapes-

white—onions, garlic, and leeks.

-leeks-

-garlics-