What was the original color of coka- cola?

Answer 1

i think i read it was green

Answer 2

Claim: Coca-Cola was originally green.

Status: False.

Origins: Though this tidbit of knowledge was widely distributed as part of an Internet "Did You Know?" list, at no time in Coca-Cola's history has that beverage been green. The original formula called for caramel to give Coca-Cola its rich brown color, and although the recipe has undergone some changes through the years, none of them affected the ultimate color of the product.

(Brown also hides impurities in any given batch, something the backroom chemist who invented Coca-Cola in 1886 kept well in mind as he proceeded with his formulation. These days syrup producers and bottlers have no impurities to hide, but back in the "three copper kettles in somebody's basement" days, covering up what might have inadvertently dropped into the mix was a concern, and brown hid indiscretions remarkably well.)

Coke has at times been bottled in green glass bottles, which perhaps explains the popularity of this particular rumor.

Barbara "rub of the green" Mikkelson


hehe... your question helped me clear out my preconception that coke was once green, w/c btw, was supposed to be my first answer

Answer 3

coca-cola has always been dark colored...maybe at some part of the process it is clear and then turns to a dark color...

Answer 4

Coke was never green. It's always been the color it is today ... caramel colored

read all of the coke lore at http://www.snopes.com

Answer 5

Dark Brown with a tinge of maroon....

Answer 6

caramel, i think! It's supposed to be a cough medicine.

Answer 7

95% sure it was green

Answer 8

It was green and actually had cocain in it.

Answer 9

i thought its always been dark colored...

Answer 10

GREEN