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Plants have mesophyll cells that contain chloroplasts. In most green plants, chlorophyll a, chrlorophyll b (an accessory pigment), and carotenoids are the dominant photopigments. Each pigment is able to absorb the photons of light energy from sunlight and use it to complete photosynthesis. Chlorophyll a absorbs most energy from wavelengths of violet-blue and orange-red light and chlorophyll b absorbs mainly blue light. However, no photopigments in green plants are able to absorb green light. Thus, light not absorbed is reflected by the pigments, allowing the plants to appear the color green. When placed under a green light source, the pigments do not receive a sufficient amount of light energy to disrupt the reaction center of the photosystems essential for photosynthesis to occur.

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