1. Dear Parent:
creative fun
at way to combine good nutrition and
5 A Day The Color Way presents a gre
for your child.
the importance of eating a variety of
"There’s a Rainbo w on My Plate" introduces children to Friends. and
from the Dole Food Company 5 A Day
frui ts and vegetables every day, with help help children learn about grouping frui
ts
Crayola® produc ts. The coloring book’s activity pages every day.
e of eating foods from each color group
and vegetables by color and the importanc
tochemicals
many of the vitamins, minerals, and phy
Colorful fruits and vegetables contain against the
lth and energy. They also help protect
your body needs to maintain good hea Many of the
the risk of cancer and heart disease.*
effects of aging, and can help reduce lthy foods
t make fruits and vegetables such hea
phy tochemicals and other compounds tha include all the color groups in your diet
also give them their color. That’s why it’s important to s. So, eat
h fruit and vegetable has its own benefit
eve ry day. And, within each color group, eac
variety within the color groups.
from each color group daily and try for
every day.
s 5-9 servings of fruits and vegetables
The USDA Food Guide Pyramid recommend 0 calories a day to reach or maintain
G Children age s 2-6, women, and those who need 1,60 .
vings a day — 2 fruits and 3 vegetables
a healthy weight need at least five ser day
most men who need 2,200 calories a
G Older chil dren, teenage girls, active women, and
ts and 4 vegetables.
need at least seven servings — 3 frui servings —
G Teenage boys and active men who
need 2,800 calories need at least nine
4 fruits and 5 vegetables.
every day. Try increasing your family’s
Most Americans don’t eat enough fruits and vegetables
get you started:
intake. Here are some suggestions to
dwich.
G Add some grapes to your chicken
salad. It makes a more interesting san
ts from the
G Keep a bowl of fresh fruit on the
counter for easy snacking. Include frui
different color groups.
G Add purple, red, or yellow pepper
s to your salad.
G Add apple slices or blueberries to
your pancake batter.
G Have berries handy to add to cere
als or serve for dessert or snacks.
h
list of fruits and vegetables from eac
Check inside the back cover of this coloring book for a for Better
a serving. Then check out the Produce
r group and guidelines for determining Day
colo .com for more information about 5 A
Health Founda tion’s 5 A Day web site at www.5aday
.
The Color Way and a rainbow of recipes
low in saturated
* Low-fat diets rich in fruits and vegetables and disease and some
Eat in Good Health, fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk
of heart
with many factors.
types of cancer, diseases associated

2. There’s a RAINBOWonMy Plate
Time to start
coloring!
12 ©
9 3
6
Bobby
Banana™
®
Eat your colors every day.
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Company, Inc. Crayola, the serpentine, and the “Tip” Crayon Character are registered trademarks of Binney & Smith, used with permission. 1

3. 1
2 1
2
5
3
4
2
4
2
Color by Number!
1 = purple, 2 = green, 3 = white,
4= yellow, 5 = red ©
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Company, Inc. Crayola, the serpentine, and the “Tip” Crayon Character are registered trademarks of Binney & Smith, used with permission.

4. Exercise the Color Way
Cornelius
Corn™
Patrick
Potato™
Brandon and
Bronwyn
Blueberry™
Stuart
Spinach™
Stan and
Sarah
Strawberry™
Join the fun! Give the 5 A Day
©
Friends some color!
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Company, Inc. Crayola, the serpentine, and the “Tip” Crayon Character are registered trademarks of Binney & Smith, used with permission. 3

5. 4
Gretta
Grapefruit™
Shop by Color
BLUE/ GREEN WHITE YELLOW/ RED
PURPLE ORANGE
©2003 Produce
for Better Health
Foundation. The 5
A Day Friends fruit
and vegetable
characters are the
copyrighted prop-
erty of Dole Food
Company, Inc.
Sammy Crayola, the ser-
Eggplant Salad-in-a-Bag™ Onion Mango Strawberry pentine, and the
“Tip” Crayon
Character are reg-
istered trademarks
of Binney & Smith,
used with permis-
sion.
©
Color the fruits and vegetables.
Then write in your favorites for each color group.

6. Have a 5ADay Food Art Party
Trees in a METHOD
Broccoli
Forest
Recipe provided courtesy of
Dole Food Company
1 To prepare dipping sauce,
combine all ingredients in a small
bowl.
2
Hold carrots against cutting
board and trim off ends. Cut
Ingredients each in half, crosswise, then
G 2 Dole® carrots, lengthwise to make four pieces.
peeled
G 3 cups Dole® Arrange each plate by putting
broccoli florets
G 4 cherry tomatoes
G 3 tablespoons parsley
leaves
3 two carrot pieces side-by-side in
the center. Arrange broccoli
around the carrots forming a
cluster. Arrange the tomatoes at
Ingredients for Dipping the top of the plate. Spoon dip
Sauce around the base of carrots and
G 1/4 cup plain nonfat yogurt sprinkle with the parsley.
G 1/4 cup light sour cream
G 2 teaspoons honey
Makes 4 Servings
G 2 teaspoons spicy Calvin
brown mustard Carrot™
Utensils Needed
G cutting board
G sharp knife
G serving plates
G small mixing bowl
G mixing spoon
G measuring cups and
spoons
Nutrition Information ©
(per serving)
78 calories
2 g total fat
0.8 g saturated fat Preparation
5 mg cholesterol Time:
88 mg sodium
13 g carbohydrate 15
3 g dietary fiber MIN
6 g protein
101% Daily Value vitamin A
118% Daily Value vitamin C
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Company, Inc. Crayola, the serpentine, and the “Tip” Crayon Character are registered trademarks of Binney & Smith, used with permission. 5

7. Race for Better Health
Kevin
Kiwi ™
®
Danny
Dates™
Randy, Rita, & Rho
nda R
and Rhonda
Radish™
Paula
Plum™
®
Kenny
Canned
Pineapple™
Be a winner! Color these fruits and
vegetables their 5 A Day colors. ©
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Company, Inc. Crayola, the serpentine, and the “Tip” Crayon Character are registered trademarks of Binney & Smith, used with permission.

8. Find a
R Fruits and
AINB
of
OW
Vegetables Paula
Plum ™
Green
Pea
Gang ™
B P E AS P
DAF CG L
P EARJ U
Cornelius
Corn ™
O CORNM
PEPPE R
Find these fruit
and vegetable
names hidden in thePenny™
Pear
puzzle — Pear,
Peas, Corn,
Pepper, Plum.
Color in the letters Pen
Pepé Bell
to match the color
Pepper ™ of each fruit and ®
®
©
vegetable.
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Company, Inc. Crayola, the serpentine, and the “Tip” Crayon Character are registered trademarks of Binney & Smith, used with permission. 7

9. Join the OLOR Parade C
Perry
Prunes ™
Bobby
Banana ™
®
®
Sam
Celery ™
You add Peter
the color! Peach ™
Eat a colorful
Pea h '
©
variety of fruits and
vegetables today! Gretta Grapefruit ™
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Company, Inc. Crayola, the serpentine, and the “Tip” Crayon Character are registered trademarks of Binney & Smith, used with permission.

10. Fill Your Shopping Cart with Color
Cauliflowe
r
®
Frozen
Cauliflower ™
Canned
To m a t o e s Sammy
Tomato ™ Salad-in-a-
®
Bag ™
Dewy
Pineapple
Juice ™
Ray
Raisins ™
Can you find these fruits and vegetables Ray R
ais
©
in your supermarket?
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Company, Inc. Crayola, the serpentine, and the “Tip” Crayon Character are registered trademarks of Binney & Smith, used with permission. 9

11. Color Fresh for You!
Stuart Spinach ™
®
Gus Grapes ™
Bobby Banana ™
Pinellopy Pineapple ™
Juanita Watermelon ™
Can you find these fruits and vegetables in
© the produce section of your supermarket?
10 ©2003 Produce for Better Health Foundation. The 5 A Day Friends fruit and vegetable characters are the copyrighted property of Dole Food
Company, Inc. Crayola, the serpentine, and the “Tip” Crayon Character are registered trademarks of Binney & Smith, used with permission.

12. Give Your Cereal a Rainbow Face
Brandon and
Bronwyn
Blueberry ™
Peter
Peach ™
Stan and
Sarah
Strawberry ™
®
Kevin
Kiwi ™
Bobby Banana ™
Use these fruits to make a rainbow face: peaches,
blueberries, strawberries, kiwifruit, and bananas.
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Company, Inc. Crayola, the serpentine, and the “Tip” Crayon Character are registered trademarks of Binney & Smith, used with permission. 11

13. Plant a
Radishes
Color Terry
Garden Tomato ™
Car rots
Terry Tomato '
Potatoes
Peppers
Eggplant
©
5ADay The Color Way
helps you stay healthy.
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Company, Inc. Crayola, the serpentine, and the “Tip” Crayon Character are registered trademarks of Binney & Smith, used with permission.

14. Find the Fruits and
®
Vegetables
Dewy
Pineapple Juice ™
©
Circle these fruits and vegetables
hidden in the picture: watermelon, pumpkin, banana,
pear, celery, artichoke, eggplant, apple, dried plums.
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Company, Inc. Crayola, the serpentine, and the “Tip” Crayon Character are registered trademarks of Binney & Smith, used with permission. 13

15. Fix the Mix-Up
PLUMS TOMATOES BANANAS
ORANGES
GREEN BEANS
Who switched
the labels at the
supermarket?
Draw lines to
show where each
label belongs.
©
Then color the
picture.
14 ©2003 Produce for Better Health Foundation. The 5 A Day Friends fruit and vegetable characters are the copyrighted property of Dole Food
Company, Inc. Crayola, the serpentine, and the “Tip” Crayon Character are registered trademarks of Binney & Smith, used with permission.

16. Sing Your Way to 5 A Day with
Musical Fruit Melodies
Recipe provided courtesy of Dole Food Company
Ingredients Ingredients for Dipping Preparation
G 2 cups chunked fresh Sauce Time:
Dole® pineapple G 1 carton (8 ounces) 15
G 1 firm, large Dole® low fat vanilla yogurt MIN
banana, peeled and sliced G 1 cup chopped straw-
G 1 cup seedless Dole® berries
grapes Utensils Needed
G 1 orange, peeled and
sliced G large platter
G 1 red apple, cored and G small mixing bowl
sliced G mixing spoon
G 1 cup pitted Dole®
prunes G knife
G 1 cup pitted Dole® dates
METHOD
1 Arrange all fruit on platter
2 Combine yogurt with strawberries
in small bowl. Put bowl in
center of platter.
Makes 8 Servings
©2003 Produce for Better Health Foundation. The 5
Spencer A Day Friends fruit and vegetable characters are the
Sweet copyrighted property of Dole Food Company, Inc.
Crayola, the serpentine, and the “Tip” Crayon
Potato ™ Character are registered trademarks of Binney &
Smith, used with permission.
Nutrition
Information
(per serving)
204 calories
1 g total fat
0.4 g saturated
fat
2 mg cholesterol
24 mg sodium
50 g carbohydrate
5 g dietary fiber
3 g protein
6% Daily Value vitamin A
47% Daily Value vitamin C
15

17. ©2003 Produce for Better Health Foundation. The 5 A Day Friends fruit and vegetable characters are the copyrighted property of Dole Food
Company, Inc. Crayola, the serpentine, and the “Tip” Crayon Character are registered trademarks of Binney & Smith, used with permission.
Put a Rainbow on Your Plate
vegetables on the plate. Use the 5 A Day
Follow the maze to put these fruits and
Cauliflower
colors to mark their paths.
Blueberries
Salad-in-
a-Bag ™
Sammy
Strawberries
Squash
®
Broccoli
®
©
16

18. Reach for a Rainbow
Every Day!
Christopher
Cantaloupe ™
Can you name
the fruits and vegetables
in the clown’s
costume?
©2003 Produce for
Better Health Foundation.
The 5 A Day Friends fruit
and vegetable characters
are the copyrighted
property of Dole Food ©
Company, Inc. Crayola, the
serpentine, and the “Tip”
Crayon Character are reg-
istered trademarks of
Binney & Smith, used with
permission.
17

19. As Soon as You’re Awake, Make a
Fruit ‘N Juice Breakfast Shake!
Recipe provided courtesy of
Dole Food Company METHOD
1 2
Ingredients Break banana into small pieces Divide shake between
G 1 very ripe, medium Dole® and put in the blender with two glasses and serve
banana, peeled pineapple juice, yogurt and immediately.
G 3/4 cup Dole® 100% strawberries. Secure lid and
pineapple juice blend until smooth. Makes 2 Servings
G 1/2 cup low fat vanilla
yogurt
G 1/2 cup strawberries,
stems removed and
rinsed
Utensils Needed
G measuring cups
G blender or food
processor
G 2 (12-ounce) glasses
G straws or
long-handled
spoons
Nutrition
Information
(per serving) Preparation
175 calories Time:
1 g total fat 5 MIN
0.7 g saturated
fat
4 mg cholesterol
46 mg sodium
39 g carbohydrate
2 g dietary fiber
4 g protein
2% Daily Value
vitamin A
60% Daily Value
vitamin C
©2003 Produce for Better
Health Foundation. The 5 A Day
Friends fruit and vegetable
characters are the copyrighted
property of Dole Food Company,
Inc. Crayola, the serpentine, and
the “Tip” Crayon Character are
registered trademarks of Binney
& Smith, used with permission.
18

20. Fruit Jumble
Amber
Anthony
__PPLE TM
__RANGE TM
®
Brandon & Bronwyn
__LUEBERRY TM
Bobby
TM
Kevin
BA__ANA
TM
KI__I
Color the fruit.
Then fill in the missing
letters to spell their names. ©
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Company, Inc. Crayola, the serpentine, and the “Tip” Crayon Character are registered trademarks of Binney & Smith, used with permission. 19

21. Score With the
5ADay Color
Team
Calvin
Carrot ™
Stuart
Spinach ™
®
Stan and
Bobby Sarah
Banana ™ Strawberry ™
What are
your team
colors?
Ray ins
'
s
Raisin ™ Rai
Ray
© Stay fit with a colorful variety of fruits
and vegetables every day.
20 ©2003 Produce for Better Health Foundation. The 5 A Day Friends fruit and vegetable characters are the copyrighted property of Dole Food
Company, Inc. Crayola, the serpentine, and the “Tip” Crayon Character are registered trademarks of Binney & Smith, used with permission.

22. Tune In to a Crunchy
Vegetable Burrito Bandito!
Recipe provided courtesy of Nutrition Information
Dole Food Company
(per serving)
Ingredients 279 calories
G 1/2 cup shredded Dole® 9 g total fat
carrots 4.2 g saturated fat
20 mg cholesterol
G 1/2 cup chopped Dole® 683 mg sodium
broccoli 36 g carbohydrate
G 1/2 cup chopped Dole® 2 g dietary fiber
cauliflower 13 g protein
G 2 Dole® green onions, 44% Daily Value vitamin A
thinly sliced 32% Daily Value vitamin C
G 4 ounces shredded low
fat Cheddar cheese Method
G 1/4 cup nonfat ranch
In a mixing bowl, combine
1
salad dressing
G 1/2 teaspoon chili powder Barney carrots, broccoli, cauliflower
Broccoli ™ and onions with cheese,
G 4 (7-inch) flour tortillas
dressing, and chili powder.
G 1 cup torn Dole® iceberg
lettuce, bite-size pieces
Utensils Needed
G mixing bowl
2 Lay tortillas flat on the
counter and spoon about
1/2 cup vegetable mixture and
1/4 cup of lettuce down the
center. Wrap each tortilla
G mixing spoon
around the vegetable mixture.
G measuring cups and
spoons Makes 4 Servings
Preparation
Time:
15
MIN
©2003 Produce for
Better Health Foundation.
The 5 A Day Friends fruit
and vegetable characters are
the copyrighted property of Dole
Food Company, Inc. Crayola, the
serpentine, and the “Tip” Crayon
Character are registered
trademarks of Binney & Smith,
used with permission.
21

23. Rainbow
Power!
Danny
Dates ™
®
©
Eat 5ADay
The Color Way for
extra energy.
22 ©2003 Produce for Better Health Foundation. The 5 A Day Friends fruit and vegetable characters are the copyrighted property of Dole Food
Company, Inc. Crayola, the serpentine, and the “Tip” Crayon Character are registered trademarks of Binney & Smith, used with permission.

24. Juanita
Watermelon ™
Show your colors!
There’s A Rainbow on My Plate!
Color the picture. Then cut out this page ©
and put your artwork on display!
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Company, Inc. Crayola, the serpentine, and the “Tip” Crayon Character are registered trademarks of Binney & Smith, used with permission. 23

25. Create Your Own Poster!
Calvin
Carrot™
©
®
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Company, Inc. Crayola, the serpentine, and the “Tip” Crayon Character are registered trademarks of Binney & Smith, used with permission.

26. Eat 5 A Day the Color Way
Eat your colors every day to stay healthy and fit.
Blue/Purple Green White Yellow/Orange Red
Blackberries Avocados Bananas Yellow apples Red apples
Blueberries Green apples Brown pears Apricots Blood oranges
Black currants Green grapes Dates Cantaloupe Cherries
Dried plums Honeydew melon White nectarines Yellow figs Cranberries
Elderberries Kiwifruit White peaches Grapefruit Red grapes
Purple figs Limes Golden kiwifruit Pink/red grapefruit
Purple grapes Green pears Cauliflower Lemon Red pears
Plums Garlic Mangoes Pomegranates
Raisins Artichokes Ginger Nectarines Raspberries
Arugula Jicama Oranges Strawberries
Purple asparagus Asparagus Mushrooms Papayas Watermelon
Purple carrots Broccoli Onions Peaches
Eggplant Broccoli rabe Parsnips Yellow pears Beets
Purple Belgian Brussels sprouts White potatoes Persimmons Red cabbage
endive Chinese cabbage Shallots Pineapples Red peppers
Purple peppers (Napa/Bok Choy) Turnips Tangerines Radishes
Purple potatoes Green beans Yellow watermelon Radicchio
Black salsify Green cabbage Red onions
Celery Visit C Yellow beets Rhubarb
Creativit rayola
Chayote squash (ww y Butternut squash Tomatoes
What’s a Serving? w.crayo Central
G 1 cup raw, leafy Cucumbers la.com/ Carrots
for mor kids)
vegetables Endive e Yellow peppers For more
coloring
G 1 medium-sized Leafy greens fun. Yellow potatoes information and a
fruit
G 3/4 cup (6 oz.) of Leeks Pumpkin rainbow of fruit and
100 percent fruit Lettuce Rutabagas vegetable recipes,
or vegetable juice Green onion Yellow summer visit the 5 A Day
G 1/2 cup fresh,
frozen, or canned Okra squash web site at
fruit (in 100 Peas Sweet corn www.5aday.com.
percent juice) or
vegetables Green pepper Sweet potatoes ©2003 Produce for Better Health
Foundation. The 5 A Day Friends
G 1/2 cup peas or Snow peas Yellow tomatoes fruit and vegetable characters are
beans — cooked Spinach Yellow winter squash the copyrighted property of Dole
Food Company, Inc. Crayola, the
dry, frozen, or serpentine, and the “Tip” Crayon
canned Sugar snap peas © Character are registered trade-
G 1/4 cup dried fruit Zucchini marks of Binney & Smith, used
with permission.