Color Mutations in Onions

Color mutations happen in onions creating some wild combinations. Many onions have genetic makeup from different varieties including different colors. Varieties are bred together to give the onions certain characteristics- sweet, hard, storage, etc.... Here is a picture where the onion was half yellow and half red. No computer manipulation has been done. This picture was taken in Oct. of 1983.

I have seen other examples where the onion is candy striped with yellow and red.