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Some leaves turn orange, red, or yellow before they drop. What is present in them that makes them so colorful
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Some leaves turn orange, red, or yellow before they drop. What is present in them that makes them so colorful

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Leaves get their colors through pigments. Leaves turn green because of chlorophyll but when they turn orange red and yellow it’s the chlorophyll breaking down and mixing with pigments (like carotenoids)
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