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Does colored lights affect plants growth?

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yes

a plant absorbs a visual spectrum of light (think the colors of the rainbow)

a plant absorbs all of the visual spectrum except green

so changing the color of a light limits the amount of light the plant can absorb

impeding growth (photosynthesis)

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