There was an opportunity Thursday night to catch the March 2025 "Blood Moon," a phenomenon that colors the full moon in shades of red, orange and yellow during a total lunar eclipse.

The 29-year-old chef, whose favorite color is purple, reacted with dismay. “There were lots of different shades of white. About the closest thing to yellow was beige,” he lamented.

Carotenoids are red, orange or yellow; the yellow of Synechococcus is exactly the same pigment, beta-Carotene, that in high concentrations makes the orange we see in carrots.