A pigment that appears to be red is reflecting the "red" portion of the visible light spectrum.
Answer #1:red light is reflected, all others are absorbed===========================Answer #2:The pigment, and anything it is shmeared on, appears red to the eye.
The pigments something reflects is the color of that object. The cactus is green, so it reflects green and uses every other pigment for photosynthesis.
A pigment that absorbs two primary colors and reflects one is a secondary pigment.Red is a secondary pigment which absorbs green and blue light.-This is according to my physics book! !
An object that reflects green and red light would be some shade of yellow or orange, depending on the proportions.
The reason is because the color of the object's pigment is reflected to our eyes whereas other colors are absorbed.
Chlorophyll a is the most abundant pigment and it is the pigment that reflects green.
Anything that is colored red is missing a red pigment. This means that the color red cannot be absorbed into the object, so it shows on the surface.
Anthocyanin is the pigment that give blue and red potatoes their color. The pigment ranges in color from red to purple to blue.
All of the colors are absorbed.
Purple and Red
Answer #1:red light is reflected, all others are absorbed===========================Answer #2:The pigment, and anything it is shmeared on, appears red to the eye.
Answer #1:red light is reflected, all others are absorbed===========================Answer #2:The pigment, and anything it is shmeared on, appears red to the eye.
A pigment is a color. A lipstick pigment is what makes it the right color and shade, for example you have red pigments in red lipstick; blue & yellow pigments in green lipsticks; etc.
Red
The red pigment is an anthocyanin; the color is purple in a neutral solution.
Pigment is the color added to paint. Green paint has green pigment, red paint red pigment, and so on. Many paints will have a blend of different colored pigments to get a precise color, such as red and white to get pink.
red