why is the grass green?

Question

why cant it be purple? i want purple grass.

Answer 1

maybe you should paint it purple and we would be happy

Answer 2

While I think purple grass would be the very essence of coolness, the grass is green because it has chlorophyll in it. This is what makes the grass green.

Answer 3

Plants make energy from CO2 in the air via chloroplasts, chlorophyll is Green. Therefore plants are green. The only way for grass to be purple is to paint it.

Answer 4

To our human eye a leaf seems to be all green, but is that true, or is it an illusion. Looking through a microscope the individual plant cells that can be seen are not that green after all. Instead of being what we thought they are mostly transparent, but each cell contains around 50 to 100 tiny green dots. The correct name for these green dots is chloroplast's, this is where the light sensitive chlorophyll is found and where the process of photosynthesis happens.
The chloroplast is likened to a tiny bay with even smaller bags inside called thylakoids . And this is where the green colour comes from. The green chlorophyll molecules are embedded in the surface of the thylakoids, these molecules are not embedded at random but are carefully arranged, this is called photosystems.
Most green plants contain two types of photosytems, these are known as PS1 and PS2. Each as specific jobs to take care of, in the steps of photosynthesis.
When the sunlight hits the surface of the thylakoid, PS2 chlorophyll molecules are ready to catch it. PS2 molecules are especially interested in catching the red light of a specific wavelength. Again in the thylakoid the PS1 arrays are catching the light from a different longer wavelength. At the same time chlorophyll and other molecules for example carotenoids are absorbing violet and blue light.
From all the wavelengths that fall on plants only one light is useless to them, and this colour is simply reflected away, like a mirror.
You guessed it, the colour of light that is useless to the plants in the green light.

Answer 5

Photosynthesis creates chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is green because of certain pigments. In order for it to be purple, you would have to use gene splicing. Unless you can do that, you're stuck with green grass.

Answer 6

what are u a fag or something who would want purple grass my favorite color is purple and i like green grass it matches the trees i dont want purple trees!!! LOL

Answer 7

because the grass cell's chloroplasts only contain certain colored pigments and purple isn't one of them.
sorry :[

Answer 8

grass is green because milk is always white !!!

Answer 9

didn't you say abrakadabra ? try it. it will work, but don't do at other places.it may ruin the ........

Answer 10

CHLOROPHYL