Color taps into the psychology of aesthetics and the nitty gritty of herbal chemistry. Just as a colorful meal appeals to the appetite of the eye, colorful herbs increase the beauty and diversity of meals and herbal elixirs. The flowering time is well on it’s way. I currently see yellow daffodils, red tulips, pink and white magnolias, yellow and white mustards. The white snowdrops and purple crocuses are gone. After April showers, May flowers bring a good time to consider the chemicals that color the world, especially those that end up on our plates and in our herbal elixirs.