▲ 1057 ▼ That's just science (thelemmy.club) submitted 2 days ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 101 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] g0d0fm15ch13f@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 child) 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 4 points 16 hours 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 2 child comments replies: [–] g0d0fm15ch13f@lemmy.world 1 point 12 hours 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 4 points 16 hours 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 2 child comments replies: [–] g0d0fm15ch13f@lemmy.world 1 point 12 hours 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 12 hours 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