Typically avocados are going to turn a darker color when they are ready to eat. They won’t be as green as they are when less matured – but sometimes that isn’t the only tell. The best way to know if an avocado is fully ripe is to place it in the palm of your hand and squeeze without applying too much pressure. If the avocado yields to firm gentle pressure (soft but not mushy), then you know it is ripe and ready to eat!