Why is turmeric yellow?

Turmeric is an Indian spice, which is made by grinding the roots of Curcuma Longa plant or curcumin. Turmeric has two pigments known as xanthophylls, which lends the yellow colour to it and carotene, which is reddish orange in colour. read more

Turmeric (curcuma), like saffron, gives dishes yellow - it is also called "Indian saffron", but this plant is much cheaper than saffron. Of this similarity, a great explorer Marco Polo wrote in his notes yet. Thanks to the substances contained in the chemical composition of turmeric (curcumins), it is a natural dye. read more

If you get turmeric on your skin, either by accident or because you're using turmeric as a skin treatment, try rubbing an oil such as olive oil or castor oil into the skin and rubbing it with a warm cloth. read more