The colour of chlorophyll pigment is _____________.

Red

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Yellow

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Blue

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Green

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Solution

The correct option is D
Green

The explanation for the correct option :
Option D :
Plastids are the large cell organelles present only in plant cells.
There are three types of plastids: chromoplast, leucoplast, and chloroplast.
The plastid which contains a green pigment chlorophyll is called the chloroplast.
Chloroplast has green colour due to the presence of chlorophyll.
Due to chlorophyll pigment, all green plants have a green colour.

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