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Why blueberries got it's name even if they are not blue in color?

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Blueberries are purple except when they are green. Then they are red.

Blueberries have no responsibility to be the color of their name. The name is arbitrary. In fact blueberries are indigo, same as aubergines, "blue" jeans, indian corn, the sixth color of the rainbow, and a few other natural effects.

The rainbow is another example of arbitrary names. Isaac Newton, the gravity guy, decreed that the rainbow should be divided into seven colors because there are seven days in a week. Go figure. Modern students did not like the color indigo being invisible to human eyes so they arbitrarily assigned new names to eliminate it from the rainbow.
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BTW there is no color named purple. That is an optical illusion produced by mixing red and blue. Blueberries are purple,green or red.
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There are many types of berries and their colour is what they are named after; just like Blackberries which are black. Berries contain powerful antioxidant 'anthocyanin' which gives red, blue, purple, black colour to the fruit. Normally deep purple berries which are blueberries are common to considered as blue berries because their deep purple colour considered blue in medieval period.
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Some people say that blueberries are deep purple but they seem blue to me :) They have this blue colour due to the ingredient anthocyanin and the darker is the blueberry the more anthocyanin it has. Its colour may vary according to the soil they grow but they always have a shade of blue if they are good to eat. Those that I have in my garden are all blue and I bought some that are also blue.

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That's what my reaction too when I first bought and eat blueberries from supermarket. I thought because they were called blueberries, they will really color blue. But I was wrong with my perception, they are blue on the outside but deep red on the inside. That is why when I make smoothies, they will turn into deep red because of the blueberries I added. I like the color though instead of being really blue.  They were just called blueberries because of the skin color its a deep or dark blue color. I like blueberries in the kitchen because of their versatile when cooking or baking. Apart from blueberries, there are many types of berries and some of them being name by their color except I think from strawberries. They are good antioxidants and Vitamin C.
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I would say blueberries are blue, a very dark blue but they are definitely blue. They even stain blue so

in answer to your question they are indeed blue
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Blueberries are actually purple. Because they have a hue similar to the color blue. It contains antioxidant which gives color to the berries. 
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Blueberries are rich in antioxidant. It contain vitamins,minerals and potassium. Initially it is green in colour, later green pink colour then blue pink and then the ripe colour.
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In reality, blueberries are a deep purple color due to the pigment anthocyanin, which is particularly abundant in blueberries. Colored foods have evolved to attract and entice humans over time.
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The blueberry plant is native to North America, and its name dates back to the 1600s. The original wild blueberry was a deep blue color, and the name stuck even though some varieties are now light purple or even red in color. This is because the color of the berry is still usually darker than other berries, like raspberries or strawberries.
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Blueberries are blue, but their outer layer is covered in a waxy coating called the bloom that gives them a whitish-gray appearance.
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 The reason is that cultivated blueberries have a lower amount of anthocyanins, the antioxidant that gives the fruit its blue/purple color.
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 in fact, blueberries aren't technically true to their name. Our farmers know that a blueberry is ready for harvesting when it has matured into a deep shade of purple. This hue comes from anthocyanin, a pigment naturally found in blueberries and other foods with rich coloring of red, purple and blue.
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Blueberries aren't actually blue, but deep purple, which is the colour of anthocyanin, a pigment that is especially rich in blueberries. Humans have evolved to be attracted to, and to want to eat, coloured foods.
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Blueberries appear blue to us because of a group of phytochemicals called anthocyanins, which give them their color. However, the flesh of blueberries is actually a whitish or greenish color, and it's the combination of these pigments with the structure of the fruit that makes them appear blue.
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