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Inside the Cell - CHLOROPHYLL ABSORPTION SPECTRUM
Graphics from Animations by Eric R. Russell
CHLOROPHYLL ABSORPTION SPECTRUM

CHLOROPHYLL ABSORPTION SPECTRUM

Why are plants green? This graphic presents a simple answer: light-absorbing chlorophyll molecules are present in thylacoid discs that fill the chloroplast. Out of the entire spectrum of colors that makes up white light, chlorophyll absorbs both the red and blue. Green is reflected away, and is the color you observe.

 
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