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Martin M.
May 13, 2017

Actually, scientists do not know for sure yet why plants are green.

Explanation:

The sun emits the most light in the wavelength of green, so it would make sense for the plants to absorb most of the green light. But plants are green, which means they reflect green light and not absorb it.

This video explains it pretty good.

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