Why are carrots orange?
Carrots are orange because they're full of a bright orange color inside.
Pip’s answer
- Carrots are orange because they're full of a bright orange color inside.
- Long ago, most carrots were purple or yellow, not orange!
- Farmers grew more and more orange ones, and they became the favorite.
- Ooh, your body turns carrot orange into something that helps your eyes!
For grown-ups
Orange carrots get their color from beta-carotene. Early cultivated carrots were mostly purple or yellow. Orange varieties were developed by farmers, especially in the Netherlands in the 1600s, and became the most common. The body converts beta-carotene into vitamin A, important for eyesight.
Ask your child: Have you ever seen a purple carrot?
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