Educator Guide: Beets Bleed Red, But Chemists Turn It Blue

The powdered food additive maltodextrin (right) gets a splash of color from a new blue dye derived from red beets.
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About this guide
In this guide, students will learn how light and chemical structures affect color and how chemists apply that knowledge to create pigments. Students will then pair up to research a pigment of their choice.
This Guide Includes:
Colorful chemistry
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