The present application belongs to the technical field of
pigment preparation, and provides
petunidin anthocyanins and blue pigments, and a preparation method and application thereof. The present application extracts anthocyanins from
Lycium ruthenicum Murr by
alcohol extraction and concentration; removes sugars, proteins and other impurities in the crude extract of
Lycium ruthenicum Murr anthocyanins by using a
macroporous resin; and then purifies the
anthocyanin freeze-dried
powder by using a preparative liquid
chromatography system, and collects
petunidin anthocyanins mainly composed of
petunidin-3-O-(trans-p-coumaroyl) rutinoside-5-O-
glucoside. The petunidin anthocyanins obtained by the present application are complexed with
metal ions, and the blue pigments obtained have good color and stability. Compared with the prior art technical solution of adding polysaccharides to improve the stability of natural blue pigments, the petunidin anthocyanins of the present application can also ensure the stability of the blue pigments without adding polysaccharides, and at the same time, will not reduce the color value of the blue pigments.