▲ 1017 ▼ That's just science (lemmy.world) submitted 2 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 97 comments fedilink hide all child comments 🤩 1
[–] g0d0fm15ch13f@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (2 children) with a slight bias towards green And it's my understanding THATS why plants are green permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (1 child) Actually, leaves look green because they don't absorb green light (that's why grow bulbs are red & blue) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] g0d0fm15ch13f@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago Sorry, I gave an incomplete answer. It is my understanding that chloroplasts use the blue and red (high and low frequencies of visible light) and the remaining spectrum looks green because of the aforementioned bias with less "noise" to obfuscate the bias, otherwise chloroplasts would appear more yellow. But truthfully I'm neither a physist nor a biologist and I was kinda hoping to employ Cunningham's law. So if I'm wrong please do correct me. Especially if it has to do with rods and cones since those never really made sense to me permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (1 child) Actually, leaves look green because they don't absorb green light (that's why grow bulbs are red & blue) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] g0d0fm15ch13f@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago Sorry, I gave an incomplete answer. It is my understanding that chloroplasts use the blue and red (high and low frequencies of visible light) and the remaining spectrum looks green because of the aforementioned bias with less "noise" to obfuscate the bias, otherwise chloroplasts would appear more yellow. But truthfully I'm neither a physist nor a biologist and I was kinda hoping to employ Cunningham's law. So if I'm wrong please do correct me. Especially if it has to do with rods and cones since those never really made sense to me permalink fedilink source parent
[–] g0d0fm15ch13f@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago Sorry, I gave an incomplete answer. It is my understanding that chloroplasts use the blue and red (high and low frequencies of visible light) and the remaining spectrum looks green because of the aforementioned bias with less "noise" to obfuscate the bias, otherwise chloroplasts would appear more yellow. But truthfully I'm neither a physist nor a biologist and I was kinda hoping to employ Cunningham's law. So if I'm wrong please do correct me. Especially if it has to do with rods and cones since those never really made sense to me permalink fedilink source parent