Submitted by Team_Ed t3_y0gfat in askscience
kilotesla t1_iryaebx wrote
Reply to comment by CosmoTheAstronaut in Is there an evolutionary reason behind deciduous trees’ vibrant fall colours? by Team_Ed
The description of the origin of color from a physics and physiology perspective is helpful and accurate. I would urge caution about drawing firm conclusions from that. That does not mean that no plants evolved to reflect wavelengths that appear to animals as vivid colors. It seems to be the case for trees that the colors are a side effect of what they are really doing, but that is not a conclusion that applies to all plant colors and cannot be proven by the physics and physiology of color.
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