How pink is too pink: A tussle between plant and nature.

Everyone likes to add color to their life, and plants use them too. However, unlike humans, plants contain natural pigments to add color to fruits, leaves, and vegetables. Plants produce a variety of phytopigments, such as flavonoids, carotenoids, and anthocyanins, which play essential roles in plant stress tolerance. Leveraging natural phytopigments to develop stress-resilient crops will require an in-depth understanding of pigment formation and function. In this context, Zhang et al. (2023) studied the role of MYB6 and bHLH111 in enhancing anthocyanin biosynthesis in petals during drought.