🟢 In India, annatto is known as sindoor. It is considered auspicious for married women and many apply it to their foreheads next to the hairline to indicate their marital status.
🟢 In the Philippines, it is called atsuete, and it is used as food colouring in traditional dishes.
🟢 The Aztecs added annatto to their chocolate drinks to deepen the hue.
🟢 In 16th-century Mexico, the intense pigment was used for manuscript painting.
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