how does the color/spectral type of a star define the color of plant life on any habitable celestial body around it?
since the different spectral type stars emit differing types/amounts radiation and whatnot, plants would also have to adapt
so, for example, how would plants on a habitable world like ours look like if it were a K- or M-type star rather than a G-type star?
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13.4k CoralpolisInterstellarPinned 1.9 years ago
Plants are probably black on M-type stars, or life could probably use geothermal energy, their sun is too weak to bring enough visible light, and sometimes it’s not stable due to unstable fusion.
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26.8k Zenithspeed1.8 years ago
in that case, it seems that i actually got it right
this whole post was for Zenith Galaxy 2.0, where one of the major stars, Sirodis, is now a K3 star, and its superhabitable planet Utopia has orange grass, so that's pretty cool that i got it sorta right
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4,212 Soilaf+1 1.8 years ago
an early K-type (Toliman) would probably put out enough light to make the plants mustard yellow or brown, whereas around a cooler K-type (61 Cygni) the plants would be red.
yes I know I’m obscenely late
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6,405 FunkPunk+2 1.9 years ago
Yeah I was wondering this ever since Juno changed color…. Is Droo’s green gras still correct?(For a blue star.)
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13.4k CoralpolisInterstellar+2 1.9 years ago
However conditions for K-type stars are a lot more complicated, some K-type stars act like F-types when they radiate light, while some act like M-types.
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The color of plant life also relies on what color of light is emitted more than others. For example, our sun emits mostly green light. Most of our plant-life is green to reflect the majority of the light in order to not overload themselves with energy.
I hope this helped.
For a K-Type star, the plant-life would likely be a dark red, and for a M-Type star, it would likely be black.