Increasingly used in blends to add colour and flavour to cakes and muffins.

Kicks of warm colour were added by dusting bronzer on parts of the face cheekbones.

In the winter citrus fruit from the northern hemisphere is at its best, adding colour, vitamins and energy to the kitchen.

Salad leaves add colour and texture and many newly popular flowers are also long-lasting cut flowers.

You can easily add colour in the front and back gardens at any time of year with pots and planters - far less bland than hedges.