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What color is absorbed by a green leaf?

A green leaf absorbs most colors in the visible spectrum except for green light, which is reflected. This reflected green light is what gives the leaf its green color.


What color of colors of light does the green leaf absorb?

A green leaf absorbs most colors of light except for green; it mainly absorbs red and blue light. The green color we see is reflected light, making the leaf appear green to our eyes.


What colors does a green leaf appear in red light and why?

YELLOW!--------------------If you are using pigments, which are referred to as subtractive colors, like paint, crayons, etc, then you would get a shade of brown.But, if you are using light, which are referred to as additive colors, like the ones used for TV screens, then you would get the color yellow.When using acrylic paints, if you use a 3:1 ratio of red to green using cadmium red and phthalo green, you will get gray by adding varying amounts of white to it.---------------------


Why does leaf turn light green when boiled in ethanol?

add the leaf to boiling ethanol in a water bath for a few minutes (the boiling ethanol dissolves the chlorophyll and removes the green colour from the leaf - it turns white so it is easy to see the change in colour) wash with water to rehydrate and soften the leaf


What color are absorbed by a green leaf?

Green leaves absorb most colors of light except for green. They mainly absorb red and blue wavelengths of light for photosynthesis, which is why they appear green to our eyes.

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What happens to green light an red light when they shine on a green leaf?

When green light shines on a green leaf, the leaf absorbs most of the green light and reflects some of it, giving the leaf its green color. Red light is not absorbed as efficiently by the leaf, so it gets reflected, making the leaf appear green under white light.


Why does a leaf look green?

Because of Chlorophyll (it is a green pigment). There are two types of chlorophyll in plants and algae. Both chlorophylls absorb green light (from the spectrum of light) poorly. So when white light shines on structures like leaves (which have chlorophyll), green light is transmitted and reflected and the structures appear green.


When light strikes a green leaf how does this explain why leaves appear green?

Light that is white contains all the colours. When the light hits the leaf, it absorbs all the colours apart from the green light which is reflected back out to your eyes. So you see the leaf as green.


Why does green look green in white light?

the white light has many colours in it. this is called the spectrum. as the plant is green, it absorbs all the colours except green. green reflects off the plant, into our eyes and we see a green plant. the same would work with any object that reflects its own colour and no more. white objects reflect all light and black objects reflect no light.


Is the color of a leaf light relfected or light absorbed?

White light form the sun is made up of :-Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet colored light (as you see in a rainbow)When this white light hits a leaf, all the colors exceptGreen are absorbed by the pigments in the leaf. The Green light is not absorbed and this is reflected to your eyes so that leaves appear green.


What color is absorbed by a green leaf?

A green leaf absorbs most colors in the visible spectrum except for green light, which is reflected. This reflected green light is what gives the leaf its green color.


What color of colors of light does the green leaf absorb?

A green leaf absorbs most colors of light except for green; it mainly absorbs red and blue light. The green color we see is reflected light, making the leaf appear green to our eyes.


What color does a green leaf appear to be in red light?

Black, obviously. The reason green leaves appear green is because when placed in white light, the leaf absorbs all the colors of the spectrum and reflects only green light. However, in red light, the leaf absorbs the red light but is unable to reflect any green light because there is no green to reflect. So, it appears black. Try watching green plants at night (or very low light conditions). That should give you a practical proof of the fact mentioned above.


Why does leaf appear green?

it reflects green light


What happens to a green and red light when they shine on a green leaf?

When green and red light shine on a green leaf, the green light is mostly absorbed by chlorophyll for photosynthesis. The red light is less efficiently absorbed, so some is reflected back, leading to the leaf appearing green to our eyes.


What make a leaf appear green?

presence of Chlorophyll in the cells of leaf reflects the green spectrum of light hence the leaf appear green.


What is a varigated leaf?

A varigated leaf is a leaf that has more than one color, like green and white. a leaf that has color aside from green