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Why are bananas yellow?

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7y ago

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When bananas are growing they are green, as they ripen they go yellow and after that black and then rotten. So yellow to some may be an indication when they are good to eat. Many people consider them ready to eat only when they are yellow with brown spots.

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Because the banana reflects yellow light and absorbs red orange blue green indigo and violet light. EG The other colours of the spectrum

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bananas arent yellow the sun light makes them look yellow put a banana in a dark room and it will be orange

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