Pulsegleaner
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There isn't much blue sweetcorn around. Red is a pericarp (skin) color, and shows up a lot earlier than aleurone color. By the time most colored sweetcorns "color up", they're no longer all that sweet.Yes, I was thinking about getting blue corn this year for similar nutritional reasons. I'll have to try that one next year!
The only pure blue sweetcorn I've ever heard of is Bellinham Blue, and I've never found that one for sale.
I suppose you could try Triple Play, plant only blue kernels, and hope the genes stacked over time.
Hooker's might be blue (or purple, can't remember which)
And there are some full rainbow around; Painted Hills (bred to color up quick, I think), Rainbow Inca (may not be totally stable; still throws non-sweet kernels from time to time,) Astronomy Dominae, Paiute, Cocopah, etc.