Grown-up Reels on Instagram: "Follow @grownupreels 🌱 // Plants are green because of chlorophyll, the pigment they use to capture light energy for photosynthesis. Chlorophyll absorbs light most efficiently in the red and blue parts of the spectrum. It doesn’t absorb green light very well, so green wavelengths are reflected back to your eyes. What you see is what the plant didn’t use. There’s also an evolutionary reason. When photosynthesis first evolved, the sun’s strongest and most reliable ene