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Those veggie blues

Edible fruits and vegetables come in practically every shade of green, red and yellow. Why are so...

Edible fruits and vegetables come in practically every shade of green, red and yellow. Why are so few of them convincingly blue in colour?

Duncan Hutchinson, Newton Abbot, Devon, UK

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