How does cannabis get its color? Here’s why some strains turn purple By JasonJuly 23, 2020aggregated, black-cherry-soda, Cannabis 101, flavonoids, genetics, granddaddy-purple, Growing, growing tips, mendocino-purps, purple-kush, purple-urkle, science, strains What gives cannabis its purple, blue, and red hues? The answer is anthocyanin, a family of flavonoids that gives cannabis its colorful pigments. The post How does cannabis get its color? Here’s why some strains turn purple appeared first on Leafly.