My friend Isabel sent me an email this morning detailing a recent controversy she is having with her patchwork group about the colour which is called Cardamom.
She had referred them to my Cardamom cake recipe but I myself feel this hadn’t helped a whole lot.
Being on occasions literal in my approach I couldn’t resist spilling some pods out on a plate to show her their true colour.

Then of course it struck me that maybe the colour should refer to the ground spice so I had to photograph that as well, this looked so pretty that I ended out spilling all of my spices out on a plate to photograph them

These are, from 12.O Clock, clockwise
Turmeric, Cinnamon, Paprika, Ground Cardamom,
Allspice,Saffron and Ginger.

Now I am going to have to spoon them all carefully back into their boxes.
This is all your fault you know Isabel!

As for the colour of Ground Cardamom?
I think it could best be discribed by a phrase used by the citizens of New Ross in County Wexford ;
Dun Duckety Mud.