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Types of Pasta. There are two major classifications: pasta fresca (fresh) and pasta secca (dried). From here, there are more than 400 unique types of pasta: sheets, strips, long strands, cylinders, unique shapes, flavors, and many other local varieties.
Pasta normally is white-yellow, but other colors exist. Red pastas can be colored with beets or its juice, green pasta with spinach, orange or red with tomatoes, and etc. Below an overview of the most common pasta types and their synonyms.