Photosynthetic plants absorb light of wavelength red and blue and reflect green light. hence they appear green in colour. Why do some photosynthetic plants have other colours

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Plants which absorbs red and blue colour light and reflects green colour appear green colour due to the presence of green colour pigment. Similarly if plants are red in colour means they absorb all the other wavelength of light and reflect red colour wavelength of light due to the presence of red colour pigment.

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