Fun link of the day: Why are so few foods blue?

Why are so few foods blue?

Short answers

Blue color is not only rare in edible organisms – Blue color is rare in both the animal and plant Kingdoms in general.http://biology.stackexchange.com/a/56478

and…

Blue light is the most available, most high-energy light that continues to reach plants, and therefore plants have no reason not to continue taking advantage of this abundant high energy light for photosynthesis.http://biology.stackexchange.com/a/56498

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