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A technique called Chromatography is used.

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Q: How do you extract green pigments from plants?
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Which wavelength of light is absorbed the least by pigments in the spinach extract?

Blue-green. Most plants appear green because they do no absorb green pigments.


How leaves produce their food which are not green?

In plants there are structure called pigments that determine their color. so the food produced by plants that is not green has non green pigments expressed. for example, the color of tomato is red since red pigments are expressed.


Do all plants have green pigments?

most do but not al


Do green leaves have the same pigments?

Of course,every plants have same pigments.Main pigments are chlorophylls.


What does green pigments help plants do?

Green pigments do not help plants do anything. The reason plants are green is because what they are made out off can not absorb green wavelength light, so it reflects it. Edited answer: The green pigments help plants do photosynthesis. The green wave length of sunlight reflected has little role to play in photosynthesis. The red, violet, blue, orange and yellow spectrum of light are responsible to bring about photolysis of water to initiate photosynthesis in the chloroplasts.


What other pigments present in a leaf?

There are three pigments that are found in a geranium leaf. The three pigments are chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, and carotenoids.


What substance gives plants their plants their green color?

Pigments such as chlorophyll. See related questions


What pigments do most plants contain?

Most plants contain chlorophyll which is the pigment that causes them to appear green.


Is chlorophyll is necessary for green plants to undergo photosynthesis?

Not entirely. Green plants also use xanthophylls and carotenes as photosynthetic pigments to a small extent.


Does green light affect plants?

Green light does affect plants, but it doesn't really provide much help in the plants' growth. Plants that are green absorb all the colors of light except the color green, which is reflected off the plant. This is why we see the plant as green.


How do you separate different pigments from an extract of petals?

place the flower petals in a mortar and pour alcohol on it the grind it with a pistil to extract the pigments


Why aren't all plants green?

there are different pigments in the world of plants the most common pigment has the color green thats why many plants are green but there are also some different pigments like purple, yellow, orange, blue, ect. different colors depend on the: plant, environment, sunlight, soil, hight, ect. they also do different things in the plant than a normal green pigment like the way of growth or strange abnormalities, even in the green pigment there are some abnormalities.