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Why are apples red in color?

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A Chemical Process That Takes Place When It Ripens

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It is due to oxydisation.It react with the atmospheric oxygen

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Apples are red because of natural compounds.The compound is called methyl jasmonate, and that is what makes it red.

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The pigment that makes apples red is called Anthocyanins.

Additionally, Chlorophyll makes apples green, and Carotene makes them yellow.

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Fromm the amount of light they get from the sun. For example like an apple when the sun is showing on the side its mostly on shows what color it gets. Which is the same as a strawberry. =)

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because red is the only color of light bouncing off it.

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