2006-12-21 21:36:06 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
they don't.
green chillies are green, red chillies are red.
2006-12-21 21:37:27 · answer #1 · answered by shoby_shoby2003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chile is a fruit. Like most fruit a sexually immature chile is green. Once it ripens it turns red, orange, yellow or purple depending on the variety. Also if you pick a green chile and keep it in a dry place at moderate temperature it will also darken to a mature color as it dries.
As for the process, it is the same as leaves turning colours in autumn. Photosynthesis stops, clorophyll is no longer produced to make it green and the other pigments, which were already there, become visible.
2006-12-22 20:57:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It just depends on how ripe they are. The riper, the reder. It probably has something to do with photosynthesis and chlorophyll
2006-12-22 05:40:53 · answer #3 · answered by Molly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋