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Originally Posted by Sundaydrive00
I think it makes sense for the color (even though it is artificial dyes) to go along with the color of the fruit its supposed to taste like. There are many fruits that are the same color. That is why you read the label to see what flavor it is instead of making a standardization of what colors belong with what flavors.
If lime is light green, and cherry is red... What color should apple be? How about pear, raspberry or pomegranate? Grape is purple, so what about plum or blackberry?
You're right. And it reminds me of how I used to (okay, okay, still do) answer this question: Which flavor candy/lollipop/whatever do you want? My answer: "Red." The retort was always "Red is not a flavor." Um, I know that. It could bite me in the butt sometimes: I would want cherry or strawberry and end up with watermelon (ugh!) or cinnamon (ack!), but more often "red" = the "flavor" that I wanted.
PS. I was a little weirded out by the direction/tangent this thread took.
PPS. I'm more weirded out now that I've *posted* on this thread.
I think it makes sense for the color (even though it is artificial dyes) to go along with the color of the fruit its supposed to taste like. There are many fruits that are the same color. That is why you read the label to see what flavor it is instead of making a standardization of what colors belong with what flavors.
If lime is light green, and cherry is red... What color should apple be? How about pear, raspberry or pomegranate? Grape is purple, so what about plum or blackberry?
Apple - Medium Green (darker than Lime but lighter than Watermelon)
Pear - Greenish Yellow
Raspberry - Blue (this is already common)
Pomegranate - Dark Red
Grape - Purple
Plum - Lighter Purple
Blackberry - Darker Purple, almost Black
You're right. And it reminds me of how I used to (okay, okay, still do) answer this question: Which flavor candy/lollipop/whatever do you want? My answer: "Red." The retort was always "Red is not a flavor." Um, I know that. It could bite me in the butt sometimes: I would want cherry or strawberry and end up with watermelon (ugh!) or cinnamon (ack!), but more often "red" = the "flavor" that I wanted.
But you are right, with that. Nothing red actually tastes like cherry or strawberry or watermelon or whatever. It tastes like red. Same with purple--no actual grape has ever tasted like what purple looks like.
But you are right, with that. Nothing red actually tastes like cherry or strawberry or watermelon or whatever. It tastes like red. Same with purple--no actual grape has ever tasted like what purple looks like.
Grape flavored sweets aren't modeled after standard supermarket grapes, but Concord grapes.
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But you are right, with that. Nothing red actually tastes like cherry or strawberry or watermelon or whatever. It tastes like red. Same with purple--no actual grape has ever tasted like what purple looks like.
Hahaha! So true.
But when "red" tastes like watermelon or cinnamon... then it tastes like "ick!" to me. I want my "red" to be cherry(-ish). Failing that, I don't mind strawberry(-ish).
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It could bite me in the butt sometimes: I would want cherry or strawberry and end up with watermelon (ugh!) or cinnamon (ack!), but more often "red" = the "flavor" that I wanted. 
