Sold as water-soluble pulver (kind of pulver paint) several watercolor-like artificial colouring mat- ters have beautiful, lyric name: Allura Red, Scarlet, Sunset Yellow, Fast Yellow, Brillant Blue, Green Soul (mixing the last two ones together almost all gradation of green can be created: green apple, lime, kiwi). All of these additives are forbidden in Denmark, Belgium, France, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, Sweden and Austria.
Colours by code: Yellow (E100-109) • Orange (E110-119) • Red (E120-129) • Blue and purple (E130- 139) • Green (E140-149) • Brown and black (E150-159) • Other (E160-199).
Most of the soft drinks are available in an average school canteen, but that ones with the brightest colour we found in markets and small 24 hour shops at block houses. We tried to collect a relatively representative colour scale – after 3-4 locations we got almost the whole colour circle.