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Give reasons tomatoes are red in colour

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As the tomato ripens, its COLOUR starts to change from green to YELLOW and then eventually to red. This is due to the breakdown of chlorophyll, which in turn synthesises a red CAROTENOID (another pigment group), lycopene. When RIPE, the carotenoid can easily be SEEN as the dominant colour of the tomato,

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