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How does a colored leaf make food?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

The chloroplasts, containing the pigment chlorophyll, make food for the whole plant by the process of photosynthesis.

Chlorophyll absorbs blue and red wavelengths of light best, but totally reflects green wavelengths, thus it is colored green.

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