So, since you went to work on this, here is something which might help you understand what is going

on.

I think this is the story!

1. The light which we see (visible light) consists of different colours of what is called the visible light spectrum.
These colours all travel with different wavelengths. Red light has the longest wavelength of about 700nm and blue
light has the shortest wavelength of about 400nm. (Wavelength is the distance from one wave peak to the next
wave peak:

Infra-red light is more than 700nm but is not visible to us. Ultra-violet is less than 400nm and is also not visible
to us (though it is visible to some organisms, such as some birds and bees).

2. The longer wavelengths of red light, orange, yellow and so on, which actually carry less energy (low frequency)
than shorter wavelengths (high frequency), are quickly absorbed as they pass through water. The shorter
wavelength light keeps going longer.

3. So, blue light travels much deeper than red light.

Depending upon conditions of the water, blue
light might even go as deep as 100 metres.

4. So far, so good? Now here comes the tricky part!

5. The light which you see is light which is reflected

back to you and is NOT being absorbed. So leaves
are green, not because they are coloured green but
because they reflect green light and do not absorb
it. (They do absorb red and blue light.)

6. Perhaps now you can see why ocean water seems

to be blue? It is the blue light which is going
deeper down and some of that gets reflected back as it passes through the water. Since all the red and yellow light,
and green as well, have been absorbed by the water, there is only blue light left to be reflected back.
7. There is another really interesting story here – about seaweed (algae). Algae photosynthesise, so they need light.
Plants have pigments of different colours to absorb light of different wavelengths. Chlorophyll of course is the
most common. It looks green to us because it is absorbing only red and blue light wavelengths, and is reflecting
green light which it doesn’t absorb.

8. Think about seaweed growing in water. The deeper you go, the less light is available, and it is mostly blue light,
so seaweeds down there will have pigments to absorb blue light. So, if you were to pull some seaweed out of the
water from deep down, what colours will the deep seaweed be????

AND OF COURSE YOU GET YOUR CHOCOLATE!