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Green and black olives
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AI-generated comparison of green and naturally ripe dark olives; illustrative. Origin: OpenAI image generation, 2026-10-25.
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Green and black olives are fruits of the same tree, harvested at different stages of ripeness. Some olives picked green or while changing color are darkened by oxidation to become uniformly dark; ferrous gluconate may be used to stabilize the color. But not all black olives are artificially darkened: they can ripen dark on the tree.

