if yellow pigments like carotene are present why do spinach

if yellow pigments like carotene are present, why do spinach leaves appear green?

Solution

Chloroplasts are the pigmented structures that absorb light energy necessary for the photosynthesis. They appear green in colour due to the presence of the pigment known as chlorophyll. The leaves appear in green colour due to the presence of abundant chloroplasts. Chlorophyll is known as the \"accessory pigments\" because the carotenoids cannot directly transfer the sunlight energy into the photosynthetic pathway, but they first transfer it to chloroplasts.