What color is a sweet potato?

Chef's answer
The many varieties of sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) are members of the morning glory family, Convolvulacea. The skin color can range from white to yellow, red, purple or brown. The flesh also ranges in color from white to yellow, orange, or orange-red.
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As enzymes naturally present in meat deplete available oxygen, it turns brown. When meat is vacuum packaged to exclude oxygen, it appears purplish-red. Shortly after grinding, meat throughout the package is bright-red from exposure to oxygen..
If it's a deep purple, it was cut and then taken away from oxygen instantly. As the meat hits oxygen, it blooms to a bright red. ... However, if the meat is showing signs of gray or brown discoloration throughout, it's time to say goodbye.
These clams can also be dug with a shovel and hands combination and the same carrying and limit rules apply as to the Purple Varnish. These clams tend to be medium to large in size and are best cleaned and eaten rather than steamed and eaten..
Digging tips: Dig around the show, coming in from the side, and not straight down on it to avoid slicing off the neck or breaking the shell. When you've dug almost to the depth of the clam, feel around gently with the shovel or your hand so you don't break the shell..
Clean the clams by blanching them in boiling water for up to 15 seconds. Most of the clam shells will pop open. Discard any clams that do not open. Separate the clam meat from the shells.
Meat Color Reaction Immediately after cutting, meat color is quite dark - beef would be a deep purplish-red. As oxygen from the air comes into contact with the exposed meat surfaces it is absorbed and binds to the iron. The surface of the meat blooms as myoglobin is oxygenated..
Mix your three secondary colors. If you are using natural dyes, you may need to use more of each color. Take yellow and combine it with red to create orange. Take red and combine it with blue to make purple. Take blue and combine it with yellow to make green..
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