🔬 Science

Where does the green go?

White sunlight hits the leaf. The red and blue parts are absorbed for food — the green bounces straight back out and into your eye.

Sunlight Leaf with chlorophyll Your eye
Red light — absorbed
Blue light — absorbed
Green light — bounces back out

The "green grass" we see is really the colour the plant refused. Chlorophyll uses red and blue to build food — the green is just what was left over, and it sprang straight into your eye.