PHOTOS: Jannik Sinner's carrot-clad fans take root on the tennis tour in their orange-colored costumes “They’re almost more famous than I am,” Sinner said.

The familiar orange carrot emerged in the 16th and 17th centuries, thanks to Dutch growers who selectively bred yellow and white varieties to produce a sweeter, more visually appealing root. While a ...

Nutritionally, carrots are a wonder, too, bursting with the antioxidant beta-carotene (which imparts their yellow-orange color,) plus fiber, potassium and vitamin C.

In about the 15th or 16th century, orange carrots made their appearance in western Europe, potentially as the result of crossing a yellow carrot with a white one. The bright color and sweet flavor ...

A new study of the genetic blueprints of more than 600 types of carrot shows that three specific genes are required to give carrots an orange color. Surprisingly, these three required genes all ...

The color and sweeter flavor of the orange carrot drove its popularity and farmers selected for those traits. Different types of orange carrots were developed in northern Europe in the 16th and ...

One of the easiest ways to identify an object is by its color -- perhaps it is because children's books encourage us to pair certain objects with their respective colors. Why else would so many of ...