Question

Change of colour from green to reddish during the ripening of chilli is due to tranformation of?

Answer 1

The green chilly turning red is nothing but ripening of the vegetable. The chilli starts its life as a green or a white chili and ripens to becomes red. You can see this progression both on a plucked chili or a chili on the plant. Sun drying this turns it red. It is more like ripening and then drying of the vegetable, hence the color.

Answer 2

Due to repening they loss their chllorophyl and hence looses green color