Reflected light

... during evolution there was another species that absorbed all the green light, which in the spectrum of sunlight contains most energy and is therefor ... Because red and blue are absorbed and green is not absorbed but reflected or passes through, the leaves show up to be green. Why not black? ...

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The light reflected by the green pigment made the sky look blue, before it was yellow... FFS, can you do a bit of research ...

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... due to plants living under water, which does not easily transmit green light. Therefore, it was never necessary for plants to develop the mechanisms ... However, in reality there is a substantial amount of light that can be reflected from the surface underneath the leaf, and back on to the leaf ...

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... would resemble a curve approaching an asymptote. Plants optimize for light conditions by adjusting their biosynthetic investment into several ... between light harvesting apparatus and carbon fixation apparatus is reflected in the changing photosynthesis versus irradiance curves (P vs. ...

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... of all other pigment make the leave green, and they reflect the green light (thus they appears green) and abosorb other lights. This chlorophyll ... (chlorophyll b : 400 nm) range. While the lowest is green which is reflected and minimal green light is also absorbed. [ more information check ...

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