Why garden or cook in “black and white” when Technicolor vegetables could brighten you garden beds and add excitement and more nutrition to your table? Consider the following vegetable and herb varieties when you plan your next garden, you could even put in a rainbow garden and plant beds full of each color.

Red Vegetables

Beets – ‘Bull’s Blood’ – deep red beets, red stems and leaves

Chard – ‘Ruby’ – green leaves, red stems and veins

Corn – ‘Ruby Queen’ – red sweet corn, maintains red color if micro waved

Lettuce – ‘Red Sails’, ‘Galactic’, and ‘Sangria’ – large burgundy lettuces

Okra – ‘Red’ – red okra, red stems

Pepper – ‘Early Red’ bell – reliable, adaptable

Pepper – ‘Pimento’ and ‘Lipstick’ – medium size peppers; sweet thick flesh

Orange Vegetables

Beet – ‘Burpee’s Golden’ – yellow beets, leaves with golden veins

Carrot – ‘Nutri-Red’ – deep red-orange carrot

Pepper – ‘Golden Bell’ and ‘Mandarin Hybrid’ – large bells, adaptable

Tomato – ‘Golden Jubilee’ – medium-sized orange fruit

Tomato – ‘Sun Gold’ and ‘Gold Nugget’ – great tasting, cherries

Watermelon – ‘New Queen’ and ‘Orange Sweet’ – orange flesh, large fruits

Yellow Vegetables

Beans – ‘Pencil Pod Wax’ snap beans, bush

Carrot – ‘Sweet Sunshine’ – yellow carrots

Chard – ‘Bright Yellow’ – striking yellow stems and veins

Pepper – ‘Gypsy’ – yellow, ripens to deep orange, medium-sized fruit

Pepper – ‘Sweet Banana’ – medium, long yellow fruits

Tomato – ‘Taxi’ – medium sized yellow tomato

Tomato – ‘Yellow Pear’ – cherry, large plants

Squash – ‘Sunburst’ – round, yellow patty pan; bush

Squash – ‘Gold Rush’ and ‘Sunray’ – bright yellow zucchinis; bush

Watermelon – ‘Yellow Doll’ and ‘Sunshine’- yellow flesh, small melons

Violet, Blue, and Indigo Vegetables

Basil – ‘Red Rubin’ – purple leaves, good flavor

Beans – ‘Royalty Purple Pod’ and ‘Sequoia’ – purple snap beans; bush

Broccoli – ‘Purple Spouting’ and ‘Violet Queen’ – purple buds

Cauliflower – ‘Graffiti’ – bright-purple heads

Eggplant – ‘Rosa Bianco’, ‘Orient Charm’, and ‘Neon’ – dramatic, lavender fruits

Pepper – ‘Lilac Hybrid’ – large lavender bells

Pepper – ‘Purple Cayenne’ – hot pepper; long purple fruits

Potatoes – ‘All Blue’ – blue skins and flesh

Radish – ‘Easter Egg’ – mix of purple, pink, and red radishes