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Mystery #4Tier 1-2plants / transport

Why does celery change colour when you stand it in dyed water?

Stand a stick of pale celery in a glass of bright blue water and wait a day. The celery turns blue from the bottom up, and slicing it open reveals neat blue dots running through it. What's going on inside?

A white rose dyed blue, the colour drawn up through the flower by coloured water.
Photo: Noumenon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

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