Color Additive 

Color Additives Certifiable for Food Use 

Name/Common name

Hue

Common Food uses 

FD&C Blue No. 1(Brilliant Blue FCF)

Bright blue

Beverages, dairy products, dessert powders, jellies, confections, condiments, icings, syrups, extracts 

FD&C Blue No. 2(Indigotine)

Royal blue

Baked goods, cereals, snack foods, ice-cream, confections, cherries 

FD&C Green No. 3(Fast Green FCF)

Sea green

Beverages, puddings, ice cream, sherbet, cherries, confections, baked goods, dairy products 

FD&C Red No. 40(Allura Red AC)

Orange-red

Gelatins, puddings, dairy products, confections, beverages, condiments 

FD&C Red No. 3(Erythrosine)

Cherry red

Cherries in fruit cocktail and in canned fruits for salads, confections, baked goods, dairy products, snack foods 

FD&C Yellow No. 5(Tartrazine)

Lemon yellow

Custards, beverages, ice cream, confections, preserves, cereals 

FD&C Yellow No. 6(Sunset Yellow)

Orange

Cereals, baked goods, snack foods, ice cream, beverages, dessert powders, confections