Visible light of the Sun consists of seven colours, namely, violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red. Out of these lights of different wave lengths, chlorophyll absorbs mainly blue, violet, red and orange lights but does not absorb the green light. It is due to the reflection of green light by the chlorophyll that the plant looks green in colour.

Sunlight is visible in seven colors: violet, indigo blue, green, yellow, orange, and red. Chlorophyll absorbs the blue, violet, red, and orange wavelengths of these photons, but not the green. The green color of plants is due to the chlorophyll's reflection of green light.