If a green light is shining on a green plant in a red pot what color would the green plant appear to be?

Answer 1

If the red light is pure red, and the plant has not pigments other than green, and there are no other light sources present, the plant will appear to not be lit at all. Colored light works with pigment that reflects it. Red light is reflected by red pigments, and green pigments reflect green light. The plant has green pigment and no green light to reflect, and the red light has no red pigment to reflect it. This means that no light will be reflected off of the plant and in theory, the only thing you will be able to see is the outline of the plant from the light reflected by other objects. In reality there is probably more pigments than green in the plant, and there are probably more light than red, so it will most likely overlap in a few places and appear a sort of gray.

Answer 2

A green plant appears green in white light (which contains all colors of light) because it reflects the green light. If you shine green light on a green plant, it will still reflect that green light and appear green.the reason for this is the green leaves reflect the color green and absorb every other color. so it wont realy matter if you shine a green light n a green plant or normal light on a green plant

Answer 3

-- A green light is a light that has only one wavelength in it, namely, the wavelength

that looks green in your eye. When it was first produced in the laboratory, anyone

seeing it for the first time exclaimed "Hey! That light is green!" It thus became known

as "green light".

-- A red shirt is a shirt made of fabric that absorbs all colors of light except red light,

including green light. When it's illuminated with any combination of wavelengths that

includes the red wavelength, it selectively reflects the red wavelength into the eye

of the beholder, and absorbs everything else. The beholder sees only the reflected

red light, and comes to think of the shirt as a "red shirt".

-- Green light shining on the nominally red shirt is absorbed. No light bounces off of

the shirt to your eyes.

-- The shirt appears black.

Answer 4

-- A green light is a light that has only one wavelength in it, namely, the wavelength

that looks green in your eye. When it was first produced in the laboratory, anyone

seeing it for the first time exclaimed "Hey! That light is green!" It thus became known

as "green light".

-- A blue shirt is a shirt made of fabric that absorbs all colors of light except blue light,

including green light. When it's illuminated with any combination of wavelengths that

includes the blue wavelength, it selectively reflects the blue wavelength into the eye

of the beholder, and absorbs everything else. The beholder sees only the reflected

blue light, and comes to think of the shirt as a "blue shirt".

-- Green light shining on the nominally blue shirt is absorbed. No light bounces off of

the shirt to your eyes.

-- The shirt appears black.

Answer 5

black

Answer 6

this answer is the same as all of the others.

Answer 7

red