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Some plants do have black leaves
And red leaves
Yeah, but not due to photosynthesizing pigments, afaik. Only other pigmentation in the leaf. Though it may still be an adaptive benefit.
Most of these are probably under growth. Much of the light gets filtered by the time it gets to them and they evolved to maximize the remainder.
Warmer leaf may increase photosynthesis rate