▲ 1087 ▼ That's just science (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 weeks ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 109 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] g0d0fm15ch13f@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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