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    Question: what makes the leaves of most plants to have a green col our.?

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    Asked by abbb256 to Steven, Rose, Rita on 18 Jan 2017.
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      Rose Kigathi answered on 18 Jan 2017:


      Chlorophyll. Plants have different kind of pigments. Chlorophyll makes plants green, anthocyanin gives purple colour, carotenoids orange colour like in carrots. There others, substances that give color to plants like flavonoids, for red, pink etc.

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