Why are apples green?
Apple fruit colors of red and yellow are due to anthocyanins. The green would probably be chlorophyll. Anthocyanins are one of the main pigments responsible for flower, fruit and leaf colors other than green. Anthocyanins are in the cell vacuole, unlike chlorophyll and carotenoids which are in plastids. Anthocyanins have a wide color range depending on pH.
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