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What causes the deep rose color of natural roses? And is the cause of color the same for all the deep rose colored natural flowers?

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The rose color in flowers is from chemical pigments (anthocyanins). The following articles may be of interest. Anthony Brach

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v435/n7043/full/435757a.html

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/106587486/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

"The yellow colors are produced by carotenoids, the reds by anthocyanins, and the modern oranges by a mixture of the two."

Anthony Brach Ph.D.


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