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The pigment is known as carotene, which is an orange photosynthetic pigment, which just means it is a pigment found in chloroplasts responsible for catching light energy used in photosynthesis.
the yellow pigment is called: xanthophyll the orange pigment is called: carotenoid
Yellow/Orange....i think
the orange-yellow pigment in bile.
chlorophyll. It appears to be green but is truly yellow-orange in color.
yellow-orange
The thylakoid membrane of green plants contains 6 different pigments: Carotene - an orange pigment Xanthophyll - a yellow pigment Phaeophytin a - a gray-brown pigment Phaeophytin b - a yellow-brown pigment Chlorophyll a - a blue-green pigment Chlorophyll b- a yellow-green pigment Chlorophyll a is the most common of these 6 pigments (present in all photosynthetic plants).
a soft orange
You may be thinking of Xanthophylls. Xanthophylls are the typical yellow pigments of leaves. There is also an orange pigment, a blue-green pigment, a yellow-green pigment, a gray-brown pigment and a yellow-brown pigment. Those pigments have different names, such as Carotene (orange), Chlorophyll a (blue-green), Chlorophyll b (yellow-green), Phaeophytin a (gray-brown), and Phaeophytin b (yellow-brown).
If you are mixing pigment, then you'd use yellow and red.
carotene which creates an orange color, yellow/green
Carotene or Cartenoids