Desaturated

First, they came for my Kodachrome: General Mills and other foodmakers are removing artificial colors from their foods to meet consumer demand for more natural foods. But there are trade-offs. General Mills is dropping blue and green dyes from Trix cereal and using subdued coloring made from radishes and strawberries (Page A9).

This is going to be a blow for the Trix Rabbit; not only is the cereal off limits, he’s losing half the garden to those darn kids.

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Binge and purge: If you’re looking for something to do with the final weeks of summer, you could use the time to binge-watch some TV and catch up on series you might have missed, including “Orange is the New Black” and “The Walking Dead” (Page D6).

And as long as you’re sitting in the dark on a nice sunny day, pour yourself a big bowl of Trix cereal, now with Duller Colors™.

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Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1858, the first of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas took place (Today in History, Page D6).

But both candidates went past their allotted time because the doorbell sound had not been invented yet.

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