It can be surprising to crack open an egg and see a bright orange yolk instead of the expected pale yellow, or vice versa.

The color of an egg yolk, whether it is orange or yellow, is determined mainly by the hen's diet and living conditions. While ...

Some are pale yellow — while some are so orange they're nearly red. But what does it mean? Are egg yolks like lettuce, where a darker color indicates more nutrients? Fox News Digital spoke to an ...

but does the color of the yolk actually mean anything? Does the yolk indicate that the egg comes from a pasture-raised chicken or that the chicken is happy? I talked to an expert to find out. Common ...

“That’s why most of our grocery store eggs are a yellow color, but not really bright.” The amount of yellow-orange carotenoids (plant pigments) in the hen’s food “significantly affects ...

The color of a chicken yolk ... which are basically pigments called carotenoids, will make nice dark orange egg yolks," she said. Carotene is found in orange-colored foods, she said, such as ...