What are the pigments present in the leaves of a green plant?

What are the pigments present in the leaves of a green plant?
  1. Chlorophyll a
  2. Chlorophyll b
  3. Xanthophylls
  4. All of the above

Solution

The chromatographic separation of the leaf pigments shows that the color that we see in leaves is not due to a single pigment but due to four pigments: Chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, xanthophylls and carotenoids.

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