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Why did the plants grow the least with Green LIght

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Regardless of whether the color of the light is red or purple the plant will absorb some amount of energy from the light it is receiving. Green light is the least effective for plants because they are themselves green due to the pigment Chlorophyll. Different color light helps plants achieve different goals as well.

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Green light is treated as the least actice wavelength in the visible spectrum for photosynthesis, although it is good in photosynthesis and give balance to the architecture of plants.

Plants absorb only 90 % of the green photons of the light spectrum. It absorb almost all the photons in the red and blue region of the light spectrum. If plants absorb further, they would appear black to our eyes. The reason why plants are green is due to the small amount of light they reflect is the green color.

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