Pigments and colour changes

Pigments and colour changes

Pigments: four pigments are in the vegetables:

  1. Chlorophyll: it is present in all green coloured vegetables such as cabbage, spinach, green beans, broccoli, peas etc.
  2. Carotenoids: it is present in orange coloured vegetables such as carrots, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, corns, tomatoes etc

      3.     Flavons: it is present in white coloured vegetables such as cauliflower, turnips, potatoes, onion etc.

4. Anthocyanins: it is present in red & purple coloured vegetables. Beet roots, red cabbage (not tomatoes).