Why are tomatoes 🍅 red?

Question: Why are tomatoes 🍅 red?
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Asked by 4L3X to Yvonne, Yannis, Gonzalo, Golnaz, Elaine, Ciara on 8 Nov 2017.
- Ciara O'Donovan answered on 8 Nov 2017:
  
  This is due to the subastances in tomatoes.. lycopene and carotene. These make the tomatoes a red colour.
- Ioannis Zabetakis answered on 8 Nov 2017:
  
  Lycopene is the colourant that makes tomatoes red!
  
  here is some more info on Lycopene
  
  https://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-554-lycopene.aspx?activeingredientid=554&
- Gonzalo Delgado-Pando answered on 8 Nov 2017:
  
  When the tomatoes start to grow they are not red, they are green because they have a substance called chlorophyll that is green. Then they turn into red when they produce more lycopene, a red substance, and chlorophyll dissolves.

Question: Why are tomatoes 🍅 red?