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Colour ideas
Pink foods
Ham, Salami, salmon, seafood sauce (or mayonnaise mixed with a little ketchup), pink icing, strawberry sauce, pink marshmallows, pink grapefruit flesh, pink sugar strands.
Brown foods
Chocolate, chocolate sprinkles, cocoa, gravy, brown sauce, soy sauce, wholemeal bread, chutneys, rye bread, coffee, brown sugar, cereal.
Green foods
Various salad leaves, iceberg lettuce, cucumber, broccoli, green olives, green apples or peel, green grapes, mint sauce, mint leaves, parsley, chives, limes, peas, green beans, lime jelly, angelica.
Red foods
Tomato ketchup, Strawberries, raspberries, red peppers, tomatoes, red chillies, glace cherries, jams.
Yellow foods
Lemons, cheddar cheese, cornflakes and other cereals, honey, golden syrup, marzipan, lemon curd, mustard, custard, cakes biscuits, tubes of cream cheese, bananas, pasta.
Orange foods
Carrots (grated, chopped, mashed?), sweet potatoes, apricots, cheese, marmalade, oranges.
Blue foods
Blue SMARTIES, blueberries, blue icing
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