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Light is primarily absorbed by pigments such as chlorophyll located in the chloroplasts of plant cells during the process of photosynthesis. In animal cells, light may be absorbed by specialized light-sensitive molecules such as rhodopsin in the photoreceptor cells of the eye.

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