Flowers are the elves of nature, and it shows its fascinating charm with various appearances.

Flowers are the best gifts given to us in nature.

The flowers are always so beautiful in nature, leaving us a deeper impression. The color of the flowers is colorful. Faced with such a rich color, do you understand the reasons? Let's reveal the secrets of the color of the flower together!

It turned out that the petals contained various pigments. This is because of these pigments that the flowers are colorful. Flowers contain various pigments, the most common of which are anthocyanins and carotene.

The pigment that affects the color of the flower is called "anthocyanin", which is distributed in the cell solution and can control the color of the flower. The effects of temperature and acidicity on anthocyanins are particularly obvious. As long as the two changes slightly, the color of the flower will change.

Depending on the environment, anthocyanins will show different colors. For example, in an acidic environment, it will appear red. The stronger the acidicity, the deeper red; in an alkaline environment, anthocyanins will appear blue. The stronger the alkalinity, the deeper the blue.

In addition to anthocyanins, carotene also affects the color of the flower. If the color of the flowers is yellow, orange, orange-red, then this is the role of carotene. Carotene is the second type of element in petals, and the origin of the name is also because of the color of carrots. There are currently more than 6,000 carotenoids found.

Different types of carotene can make the flowers appear yellow, orange, and orange-red. In fact, in addition to anthocyanins and carotene, other pigments will also affect the color of the flowers, including flavonoids, picnia, beet pigments, etc.

In order to protect their organs, plants also need to evolve different colors. The visible light of different colors corresponds to different wavelengths, of which red, orange, and yellow light wavelengths are long. Therefore, these three types of light have a strong thermal effect after being absorbed by objects.

Purple and blue light wavelengths are shorter, and the heat effects are weak. If a flower reflects red light and absorbs the other wavelength visible light, we will see red flowers, and other colors of flowers also follow this truth.

The flowers in nature are mostly white, followed by yellow, red, blue, purple, and orange. Green flowers are rare, and there are almost no black flowers. If the flowers do not contain any pigment, the petals will be naturally white. This is because the tiny bubbles in the petals will reflect all the light. Black can absorb light waves. Black flowers are easily damaged by light waves, and they are gradually eliminated by nature.

In addition, the shape of petal epidermal cells will also affect the color. It is generally believed that conical cells can increase the proportion of light into the cells and deepen the color. Flat cells will reflect light more to make the color lighter.

In recent years, people have cultivated through genetic engineering and artificially improved their colors. At present, the molecular design of blue flowers, yellow flowers, red flowers, white, and pink flowers has been realized.