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Why the colouring fruits or vegetables changes? Support your answer.

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  • In plants plastids are responsible for the colouring of fruits and vegetables.
  • There are 3 types of plastids present in plants. 
  • Chloroplasts are responsible for green colour. 
  • Chromoplasts are responsible for different colours, i.e., orange, yellow, red etc. 
  • Leucoplasts are responsible for white colour. 
  • These plastids have the capacity to change from one form to another. 
  • E.g. : Young tomatoes are white in colour as they mature they turn to green and then to red in colour.


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