### Question
Can you define what color additive means?


### Answer
**Color additive** is defined as the following in *21 U.S.C. § 321*:

> a material which—


(A) is a dye, pigment, or other substance made by a process of synthesis or similar artifice, or extracted, isolated, or otherwise derived, with or without intermediate or final change of identity, from a vegetable, animal, mineral, or other source, and


(B) when added or applied to a food, drug, or cosmetic, or to the human body or any part thereof, is capable (alone or through reaction with other substance) of imparting color thereto

#### Citation:
  - *21 U.S.C. § 321*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 8-NARCOTIC FARMS > SUBCHAPTER II-DEFINITIONS**

