Colored

lights&Plants
An Experiment
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• Title ?

• Aim ?

• Hypothesis ?

• Materials ?

• Method ?

• Results and Discussion ?

• Conclusion ?
 Title

The Effect of Colored Lights on Plant

Growth
 Aim
• To find out the growth of plants in different color
lights.

• To discover if plants grow better in a certain color

light.

• To investigate the growth of plants in lights of

various colors.
 Hypothesis
• Plants will grow better in blue light.

• Plants growth rate is better in certain color

light.

• Different color lights have different impact on

plant growth.
 Materials
• Green, red, blue and white light
• Four (4) sets of identical plants
• Four (4) pots
• Potting soil
• A watering can
• A ruler
 Method
First of all, plants were cultivated in the pot
with potting soil. Then, each plant was placed
under a different color light bulb. After that,
light bulbs were turned on for 12 hours a day
and then the plant was left in darkness for the
other 12 hours. (continued on next slide)
 Method
Then, the plants were watered ¼ cup water
daily. Next, the height of the plants were
measured and recorded in a table each day.
Finally, the speed of the plants growth was
calculated daily.
 Results and Discussion
The results were recorded in the table
below.
Height in Centimeters

Red light Green light Blue light White light

Day 1(cm) 2 2 1.7 2.1

Day 2 (cm) 2.5 2.4 2 2.4

Day 3 (cm) 2.75 2.6 2.3 2.6

Day 4 (cm) 3 2.8 2.6 3.0

Day 5 (cm) 3.4 3.0 2.9 3.3

Day 6 (cm) 3.7 3.2 3.2 3.5

Day 7 (cm) 4 3.4 3.5 3.9

Table 1: The effect of colored lights on the plant growth

 Results and Discussion
The table above shows that on the first day, the
plant under the blue light grew 1.7 cm, whereas
the plants under red and green lights grew 2 cm
each. On the other hand, the plant under the
white light was the tallest with 2.1 cm height.
 Results and Discussion
The measurements on day 3 show that the plant
under the blue light was again growing slower
than all other plants. It grew only 2.3 cm, whereas
plants under the green light and the white light
grew 2.6 cm tall. However, the plant under the
red light was the tallest with 2.75 cm height.
 Results and Discussion
On day 5, the plant under blue light was still the
shortest, its height was 2.9 cm, whereas the plant
under green light grew 3 cm tall. The plant under
the white light was 0.3 cm taller than the plant
under the green light. However, the plant under
the red light was the tallest with 3.4 cm height.
 Results and Discussion
• On the seventh day, the measurements showed
that the plant under green light was the
shortest. It grew only up to 3.4 cm, whereas the
plant under blue light was slightly taller than the
plant under the green light. The plant under the
blue light was 3.5 cm tall. It was measured that
the plant under the white light was 3.9 cm tall,
whereas the plant under the red light turned
out to be the tallest among all plants. It grew 4
cm tall. Hence, it was clear from the results that
plants grow faster under red color lights.
 Conclusion
After conducting the experiment, the results
showed that plants grow at different pace
under various color lights. The speed of their
growth changes on different days. However, it
was seen on the last day that the plant grew
faster under red light. This experiment shows
that color lights affect growth of plants but red
light is the most suitable. The result obtained
doesn't confirm the hypothesis that plants
grow better in blue light.