Life tends to be represented by bright colors such as yellow, orange and green. The colors show how a plant is alive compared to the dull brown once it dies. Although by admiring a plant’s colors, we may overlook the aspects that are physically keeping it alive. Without color, there is more emphasis on texture and shape. Here the foundation and roots are what is keeping the plant alive and helping it maintain its green color. With the roots just barely popping out of the soil, we catch a glimpse of what they have to do to keep itself alive. By converting a photo to black and white, you are taking away components of the composition, but highlighting other parts of the composition as well.