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Why are new leaves red?

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There are other pigments in plants too such as xanthophyll and bromophytin, these are different colours because they absorb different wavelengths of light. Chlorophyll is the most common of the plant pigments.

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Due the presence of anthocyanin in the cells of those leaves

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Because the precursor of chlorophyll is red

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The precursor of chlorophyll is red. Under low temperature the process of chlorophyll formation get slowed hence many tundra plants have red leaves for a comparatively longer period.

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Because they do.

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