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Carotenoids reflect yellow-orange light and absorb blue-green light.
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What are the substances in plastids that absorb various wavelengths of light?
Pigments in plastids absorb various wavelengths of light.
What color are objects that absorb all colors that reflects little light?
Black objects absorb all or most of the visible wavelengths of light, whereas white objects reflect all wavelengths. When all visible wavelengths (violet to red) enter the eye in equal proportions, the color is perceived as white. When no wavelengths reach the eye, the color is perceived as black. Every other color is a mixture of this continuum of wavelengths.
Why does an object reflect some colours only and absorb the rest?
The pigments used absorb some wavelengths of light and reflects the rest back to your eyes.
Do dark colors absorb heat?
Yes. All colors absorb heat. The quantity depends on which color. Darker colors absorb more heat than lighter colors because of differences in light wavelengths.
Why do you see objects as different colors when light is shining on them?
Because certain objects can absorb specific wavelengths of light(color) and they reflect the waves that they cannot absorb. the reflected wave of light is the visible color of the object.
What color does carotene reflect?
Carotene reflects orange wavelengths on the visible spectrum.
What are the substances in plastids that absorb various wavelengths of light?
Pigments in plastids absorb various wavelengths of light.
Does Chlorophyll absorb green wavelengths?
no
What color does not absorb all wavelength of light?
Black is the only color that does absorb all wavelengths of light.White is the color that reflects all wavelengths of light.All other colors absorb only certain wavelengths of light and reflect the rest.
Substances in plastids that absorb various wavelengths of ligh?
pigments
Substances in plastids that absorb various wavelengths of light?
pigments
What causes the dark bands observed in a solar spectrum?
The dark bands are caused from the differnet chemical elements which absorb light at specific wavelengths.
How do carotene and xanthophyll function differently from chlorophyll?
carotene and xanthophyll absorb blue green light while chlorophyll absorbs all other colors of light in the spectrum. Once carotene and xanthophyll have absorbed light, they transfer the light energy to chlorophyll.
What chlorophyll a and b absorb?
Chlorophyll a and b absorb BLUE-VIOLET and RED wavelengths of light best.
What chemical causes beta carotene to turn yellow?
Beta Carotene can appear yellow, orange, or brown depending on its concentration. A dilute mixture of beta carotene will appear yellow as there isn't enough of it to absorb the extra light needed to make it appear orange.
What specific wavelengths do the accessory pigments absorb and why is it important to photosynthesis?
blue and red
What wavelengths of light do chlorophyll b pigments readily absorb?
blue-green
