There must be more than one kind of pink eye purple hull peas. The ones we always planted turn really dark purple when they are ready to pick, but this year we had a different pea. It turned pink/purple looking, like it needed another 2-3 days to fully turn, but if you didn't pick it then, it was dry in another couple of days. Never did completely turn purple. We lost the first small picking, because we thought they needed another couple days to finish turning. The peas look the same and taste the same, but the hulls don't.
That's how these are. The hulls didn't turn a deep color, and we waited the first time too long, and lost them. Taste was no different though.
