Red, Orange, and Yellow are ripe colors. Green, purple , black, green, white are the immature colors for bells.
Satsuma is fastest ripening bell I have grown to date. Most, particularly the older cultivars were developed for immature bells and it was desirable for them to remain green as long as possible. Green when ripe cultivars like Staygreen and Evergreen were developed for that purpose.
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by far red is my favorite,,i am also growing blanca, purple and green...it is my first year gardening so we will see how i do...

bagardens-

I live on the border of zone 3/4 and my growing season is rather short. I've had really good luck this summer with a red bell pepper variety called:

Mini Red Bell

The plants are about 2 feet high and produce a smaller variety of red bell pepper by mid summer. The plants are prolific producers! What the pepper lacks in size is made up for in quantity. The growing time for this variety is 60 days. They start out green but quickly turn red, yes RED peppers in the middle of summer in my chilly zone. Yippeee!

This is a heirloom variety that I ordered from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds (www.rareseeds.com)

I'll definitely be growing this variety next year.

BooBooBearBecky

I've had good luck with Burpee's Red Popper Pepper, which is a mini red bell pepper also. It ripens quickly and is very prolific! I started them from seeds and they're doing very well!

Jill

Thanks everyone for some great suggestions.

farmerdilla,
Where do you get seeds for satsuma from? I looked at a few of the catalogs I order from and did not find them.

I don't know where Farmerdilla got his, but it looks like Totally Tomatoes carries them.

Here is a link that might be useful: 'Satsuma Hybrid' Pepper