Why Are Apples Red?

Answer 1

Apples appear red because they have a particular chemical in their skin that reflects red rays of light and absorbs the other colors of light. When the red frequency is reflected, our eyes then pick that up.

That's why anything is any certain color.

White light is a combination of all frequencies of light colors. The colors are the colors of the rainbow, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. All together, they look white. Black is the absense of light, and the absense of color.

No object has actual color.

Objects have chemicals that reflect certain frequencies of light. When light is shone on an object, the object absorbs certain light frequencies and reflects others. We see the reflected light frequencies as color.

So, there you have it. That's why an apple LOOKS red. :-)

Answer 2

Unlike all of the other jerks here who answered your question and were mean to you, i will give you a real answer because all people deserve respect for their questions and a restpectable answer, here's mine:Objects, like apples, reflect certain waves of light, making the colors we see.
We see color because light is made up different wavelengths. Objects absorb certain wavelengths of light while reflecting others. An apple appears to be red because it reflects the red wavelength while absorbing all the other colors. I really don't get why some people couldn't just be nice about their answers rather than being jerks about it. Is it really that hard to answer a reasonable question?

Answer 3

Not sure what this has to do with global warming (?)....but it might be more proper to ask what advantage is it to an apple to appear red, when ripe (the unripe ones are all green, of course....as is most unripe fruit)? And of course, that goes to what advantage might a plant have to enclose it's seeds in such a big ball of sweet energy (that takes energy to produce)? Seed dispersal....animals eat the fruit and poop out the undigested seeds (or discard them if you don't eat the core) somewhere else. The trees (and other plants) NEED seed dispersal to survive (or, more properly, their genes need seed dispersal to maximize their contribution to the next generation of apples). I think that is why all fruit changes in SOME way to signal ripeness.......it is co-evolution with the animals that want to eat it. The tree will give up the fruit when the seed is ready to go, and will produce ripe (red) fruit at that time.

There are lots of other reasons for anthocyanin or xanthophil pigments in plants........but I suspect a red apple just means its time to be eaten!

Answer 4

Apples are not red, some of them just reflect the red spectrum of light that shines on them. Some reflect yellow, some green and when the lights are off, they are all the same color.

Answer 5

Apples are red because thats how God wanted them to be.

Answer 6

an object is a certain color because it reflects, instead of absorbs, that wavelength of light. So, apples are red because they reflect that wavelength of light. What determines that reflection is the chemical composition of the substance.

Answer 7

I am eating an apple right now, and it has green skin covering a white inside. In other words, it is not red.

Answer 8

Apples are red for many different reasons, but primarily they are that particular color because they are Communists. That's right folks, watch those apples carefully, they are KGB spies.

Answer 9

for the same reason that they are not blue. whats worse than finding a worm in your apple.....finding a half of worm in your apple

Answer 10

I think it's because of the sugar in them ripening.
Tree leaves in the fall have different amount of sugar and that's what gives them the different shades of color.