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Which substance is a yellow-orange pigment that absorbs blue-green light

A.
chlorophyll b


B.
chlorophyll a


C.
carotenoid

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Carotenoids absorb light in the blue-green and violet region and reflect the longer yellow, red, and orange wavelengths. Chlorophyll a and b: (a) Chlorophyll a, (b) chlorophyll b, and (c) β-carotene are hydrophobic organic pigments found in the thylakoid membrane.


User Martinezdelariva
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Carotenoid is the answer

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