Why are plants not always green?

Question

It's something with the wavelengths

Answer 1

because thats the way nature works

Answer 2

What??? Why are people not always the same color? I am sorry if this was a serious question.

Answer 3

nitrogen levels are too low

Answer 4

cause people don't take care of it and are you bored.

Answer 5

Some ocean plants in deep water are red because only red wavelengths get there. Some plants are greyish-blue because they are desert plants and it reflects the heat.

Answer 6

Well that's why anything is the colour it is. Different colours travel at different wavelengths.

The actual reason is to attract various insects and animals, as well as warn them away. Nature has come up with some pretty interesting ways of saying, "Eat this, it's yummy" and "Eat this and DIE!"

Answer 7

It depends on the chloroplasts, because that's what makes a plant green.

Answer 8

Less chlorophyll

Answer 9

B/c not enough photosynthisis is occuring.

Answer 10

mabye coz they dont like the colour green

Answer 11

the chlorophyll freezes up and dies. which is what makes it green

Answer 12

Plants aren't always green becuase there is all kinds of plants, each one has a unique purpose. The world has many climates, environments, elevations, and weather. Plant adapt to the challanges faced to them, if they need to change there color it's for the good.

Answer 13

because of the chorllphy and the pH level

Answer 14

plants arent always green because chlorophyll produces its green pigment and if it doesnt get enough nutrients, the pigment will change. also, the sun burns plants into bage colours.

Answer 15

Ya kinda.  What makes plants green is the pigment chlorophyll and even though all plants contain some type of chlorophyll, some have other accessory pigments which override the chlorophyll and cause a different light wavelengths to reflect off.