why do most plants “reject” green light?
In: Biology
The reason you see plants as green is because they reflect green light, and absorb all the other colours. That’s how colours work.
Nobody knows. This is the best link I could find that explains possible scenarios simply
[http://www.esalq.usp.br/lepse/imgs/conteudo_thumb/Why-did-chlorophyl-evolve-to-be-green-as-opposed-to-black.pdf](http://www.esalq.usp.br/lepse/imgs/conteudo_thumb/Why-did-chlorophyl-evolve-to-be-green-as-opposed-to-black.pdf)
The bonds in the molecular structure of chlorophyll just happens to reflect photons with energy consistent with a green wavelength. It’s just how that molecule happens to be shaped.
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