[weedaholic721]

Buds turn purple due to the plant genetics and growing environment. Some plants are naturally 100% deep purple, some plants, purple can be expressed with cold temps during nighttime.

[weedaholic721]

Paper towel test is very uncommon, you wouldn't really test for the color at all. If it looks like cannabis, smells like cannabis and get you high like cannabis, it's probably cannabis.

It's highly unlikely for anyone to add anything to change the color.

[weedaholic721]

Also as a more definitive yes, yes the color will leak like it does in your picture of the paper towel and that indeed is just anthocyanin

[Gry]

would imagine you could swing a cabinet or tent and do real well with it.

[rolandomota]

I have seen purple bleed in to paper when dark purple weed is rolled in a joint. But this test you did seems like someone dipped the bud in grape koolaid for smell lol but maybe its just the bud and has nothing in it looks legit purple though

[Dog Star]

Here at ICMAG i think RC Colas growed some Vietnam purple strain that lived purple stain
on joint if they are smoked in papers... am not sure for your sample tough as they used
a die to colour a weed.. it doesnt look logicaly but what i know..

[Leaf Eater]

I still think it may be kool aid, heard stories of people putting glass to make buds shinny. this could also be authentic.
check out the video below
Keep in mind this is squished with tons of pressure

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I AGREE

[944s2]

Sorry the purple stain on the paper towel just aint right,,,,s2

[Drewsif]

Originally Posted by Rjay

Thanks guys - I've read about the Koolaid trick also - what's strange is the other stuff I picked up at the same time off this guy seems perfect and even this purple one with close inspection seems totally in order - the trichs are white and there's lots of them, smell seems sickly sweet, a bit like Girl Scout Cookies and the purple permeates all the way through the buds, there's still red hairs, lots of green - it seems legit in every way except this strange colouring on the paper.

@spaventa - Be great if you have something else to repeat the test with, thanks.

A lot of, in fact the majority of grow store shoppers use bottled black market products that replicate the kool aid, sugar water tricks of the 70s. They feel that since these products come in a package with a upc, it must be a legit product with a legit use.

I've seen purple wax before, and peeps keep defending the bro science. "oh it's evolution, i must be god" They won't admit the obvious fact that many if not all hydroponic products are designed to artificially change the appearance by direct contamination with dyes, sugars, esters, oils, and whatever else will inflame and grease up a premature bud into false looks of maturity. In the dispo you can line the color of buds up by the nute line used. 100% accuracy. Dont let anyone tell you these hydro store products are making weed better. Nope. Just dying and coating it in inflammation-causing frosty sugar.

[Spaventa]

Actually, a bloke in a shop was talking about someone he knew who uses food dye. Add that shit to the res. I bet they will be adding the flavourings next.