Green

Green is a color seen commonly in nature. Many plants are green mainly because of a complex chemical known as chlorophyll which is involved in photosynthesis.

Related Topics:
Color - Plants - Chlorophyll - Photosynthesis

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Green light has a wavelength of roughly 520-570 nm and is one of the additive primary colors. It is the complement of magenta. Many artists, however, continue to use a traditional color theory in which the complement of green is considered to be red.

Related Topics:
Wavelength - Nm - Primary color - Magenta - Red

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People who are red-green color blind can often distinguish between the two colors but confuse them with other colors, for example, bright green with yellow; dark green with brown.

Related Topics:
Color blind - Yellow - Brown

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