# Bell peppers (color) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 12, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bell-peppers-color/609282 "2012-01-12T14:25:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bell-peppers-color/609282/21 "2012-01-12T20:44:50Z")
I hate the taste of all bell peppers with a passion. I can’t even stand to have them cooked in something and just picking them out. The taste lingers. I wish I liked them though, since it seems like every ‘healthy’ recipe I find includes them. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bell-peppers-color/609282/22 "2012-01-12T21:35:32Z")
I like the sweetness of the ripe colors, though there’s very little if any difference between red, yellow, and orange. The colored peppers are also a good way to make a dish _look_ more festive. Flavor is most important, of course, but presentation still counts for something. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bell-peppers-color/609282/23 "2012-01-12T21:46:34Z")
Yellow, then red. Only because I usually eat them in salads, and red doesn’t stand out from the tomatoes. Actually, any color but green. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bell-peppers-color/609282/24 "2012-01-12T21:53:48Z")
Green. They taste the best and they’re always the cheapest anyway. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bell-peppers-color/609282/25 "2012-01-12T23:15:29Z")
Is there much difference in the taste of red/orange/yellow? I got a variety pack once and didn’t notice much different - they seem to be pretty expensive though for the orange and yellow ones. You can get 5-10 green peppers for every orange/yellow one. I use green most of the time because they’re cheap. Even between green or red the difference isn’t that noticible. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bell-peppers-color/609282/26 "2012-01-12T23:30:10Z")
I like the red ones best, but I’m wondering if it’s possible to develop an intolerance to them, because I can’t digest them any more. Which really, really sucks, because I love them **so much**. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bell-peppers-color/609282/27 "2012-01-12T23:48:35Z")
I’m another one who likes all of them, because I love to make colorful food. But if I _have_ to pick just one color it would be red. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bell-peppers-color/609282/28 "2012-01-13T00:32:43Z")
Prefer green; they’re crisper. I prefer most of my fruit and vegetables a little underripe. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bell-peppers-color/609282/29 "2012-01-13T00:44:42Z")
Red taste the best, then orange, yellow, and green bringing up the rear. But I’ll take any of them roasted with Italian sausage and onions. Mmmmmm… ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bell-peppers-color/609282/30 "2012-01-13T00:49:53Z")
If there was an ‘anything but green’ option, I would have chosen that. As it was, I chose red, because that is what I buy the most, unless another colour is on sale. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bell-peppers-color/609282/31 "2012-01-13T01:01:51Z")
Orange. But really, anything but green. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bell-peppers-color/609282/32 "2012-01-13T01:03:05Z")
I picked _I don’t like peppers_, but the truth is that peppers don’t like me. I like the taste just fine, but they are guaranteed to upset my stomach, so I have to avoid them – all colors, unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bell-peppers-color/609282/33 "2012-01-13T02:13:22Z")
Needed to be one of those “pick however many you want” polls because Green Red Yellow Orange I would all check, but never even knew white or purple existed. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bell-peppers-color/609282/34 "2012-01-13T04:48:58Z")
Well, I knew white and purple existed… but then, I grew four different colors of carrots in my garden last year, and eight different color radishes. Did I mention I like colorful vegetables? ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bell-peppers-color/609282/35 "2012-01-13T05:08:50Z")
Yellow is my absolute favorite, but I’ve always wanted to try white and chocolate. Never even heard of purple. Interesting! ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bell-peppers-color/609282/36 "2012-01-13T08:27:36Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Well, I knew white and purple existed… but then, I grew four different colors of carrots in my garden last year, and eight different color radishes. > > Did I mention I like colorful vegetables? Huh. I’ve seen posters with a variety of carrot colors and shapes on them. How much flavor difference is there? I really have to say, I’ve made veggie platters with two or three different colored peppers, and since the peppers come in so many different colors, it’s easy to just consider all the other veggies and then pick a pepper in a color that’s under represented, though I’ve never used a purple pepper. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bell-peppers-color/609282/37 "2012-01-13T08:43:56Z")
I like the red ones best - and if I’m buying them to cook (as opposed to serving raw in a salad etc), I’ll pick out the darkest specimen - if it’s a little bit shrunken and wrinkly (without being rotten), so much the better. I like all of them though - with green and purple being my least favourite. On the subject of the coloration: the purple ones are under-ripe - there are hundreds of varieties of pepper, typically undergoing only one colour change during ripening - commonly green\>red. The purple ones usually start out purple and ripen through green to red/orange/maroon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bell-peppers-color/609282.md?page=1)