[4] The bean is a medium to large tan or hazelnut-colored bean splashed or streaked with red, magenta or black.

Saluggia beans are regional, a borlotti bean named after Saluggia in northern Italy for marketing purposes and where they have been grown since the early 1900s.

It is used in Italian, Portuguese (Catarino bean), Turkish, and Greek cuisine.

After cooking, however, the specks vanish and the beans take on a more even, darker color.

A new cranberry bean variety, 'Crimson', is light tan speckled with maroon.