Through photosynthesis, a plant captures light energy from the Sun with various pigments, which absorb different wavelengths of light. The most significant and predominant of these pigments is chlorophyll a, which absorbs rather than reflects the blue and red light wavelengths of the color spectrum.

For what is chlorophyll a responsible?

Explanation

Since chlorophyll a absorbs mainly blue and red wavelengths, it must reflect green light. Green, red, and blue are the three additive primaries in the color spectrum, and it is this property of chlorophyll a that gives green plants their color.

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