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Everyone Likes Red and Pink Candies Best—and Sweets Manufacturers Have Finally Caught On
There’s an Internet meme floating around—Miley Cyrus posted it to Instagram a few months ago—that implores, “Don’t ever let someone treat you like a yellow Starburst. You are a pink Starburst.” The message acknowledges and plays on a widely held belief: that pink and red candies are the best...
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I wish they would also do an all citrus pack, too. I really like the lemon and orange and lime candies!
I love citrus! I'm still annoyed that lime was replaced with green apple in the "original" flavor Skittles in the US. I loved eating all the citrus together, and it's just not the same without lime. Green apple doesn't go with the other flavors, IMHO.
It's basic psychology of colors. That's why you see so many restaurants using the color red, it increases your appetite and stimulates energy/liveliness/excitement. I kind of thought this would have been common knowledge in the Sweets industry, but apparently not.
That's wrong, orange is objectionably the best.