Types of Chromoplast

The term "chromoplast" is occasionally used to include any plastid that has pigment, mostly to emphasize the difference between them and the various types of leucoplasts, plastids that have no pigments.

Carotenoids and xanthophylls: Carotene protects against photo-oxidation. These are red-yellow or brown in colour. These give colour to flowers and fruits. These are red-yellow or brown in colour. These give colour to flowers and fruits.

Chromoplasts give color to carrots, ripe tomatoes, red peppers, squash, pumpkins and various other red, yellow and orange fruits, vegetables and flowers. Plastids produce and store pigment in the cells of plants and algae. They consist of chromoplasts, chloroplasts and leucoplasts.

Chrom- meaning colour and phore - stands for bearer (cell or stalk), so chromatophores are cells containing a pigment, depending on the colour, they are classified as cyanophores (blue), melanophore (brown), iridiophore (iridescent) etc. chromatophores are found in large range of animals viz. fishes, amphibians, cephalopods and bacteria including photosynthetic bacteria.

Chromoplasts are found in fruits, flowers, roots, and stressed and aging leaves, and are responsible for their distinctive colors. This is always associated with a massive increase in the accumulation of carotenoid pigments. The conversion of chloroplasts to chromoplasts in ripening is a classic example.

Chromoplasts are found in fruits, flowers, roots, and stressed and aging leaves, and are responsible for their distinctive colors. This is always associated with a massive increase in the accumulation of carotenoid pigments. The conversion of chloroplasts to chromoplasts in ripening is a classic example.

Chromoplasts are found in fruits, flowers, roots, and stressed and aging leaves, and are responsible for their distinctive colors. This is always associated with a massive increase in the accumulation of carotenoid pigments. The conversion of chloroplasts to chromoplasts in ripening is a classic example.

Rhodoplasts: These are red coloured plastids. It is found in red algae and its red colour is due to phycoerythrin. It also absorbs light. It is found in red algae and its red colour is due to phycoerythrin. It also absorbs light.