Green, yellow or red capsicum: what the colour really means

Green, yellow, orange and red capsicums are the same fruit picked at different stages of ripeness. All start green with chlorophyll, which breaks down into yellow, orange and red carotenoids as they ripen, changing flavour and nutrition. Botanically a berry, capsicums lack the capsaicin that makes chillies spicy. The 'male or female' bump myth is false.