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The Color of Light

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Sunshine, to our human eyes the light appears white, but buried within are all the colors of the rainbow. In order for you or I to detect the colors that compose white light we need help. Shining light through a prism is one way I know to separate light into its many colorful components. Plants, on the other hand, need no such help. They have proteins called photoreceptors that enable them to

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