Colored pigment found inside the cell or protoplasm, particularly the photosynthetic and other pigments within algae and other organisms.
From endo- (within) + chrom- (from Greek chroma, 'color'). This botanical term specifies pigment located internally rather than on outer surfaces.
The pigments in endochrome are how algae capture sunlight—and they come in different colors (green chlorophyll, red and brown xanthophyll) depending on depth, allowing different species to harvest light at different ocean depths.
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