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Structural coloration

Structural coloration in animals, and a few plants, is the production of colour by microscopically structured surfaces fine enough to interfere with visible light instead of pigments, although some structural coloration occurs in combination with pigments. For example, peacock tail feathers are pigmented brown, but their microscopic structure makes them…

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Structural coloration

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Structural coloration → Donna Sgro, Gabriel Lippmann, In, Lippmann, Morpho, Nobel Prize, Physics, Shining, Teijin Fibers' Morphotex, The, This
related to Structure not pigment · 6
Structural coloration → Colours, Nautilus, Pteriidae, Structural, These, This

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colours light structural coloration colour iridescent interference feathers blue photonic surfaces thin fibres green two different brilliant structures scales structure

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on the feathers of birdsinstance ofDifferent colours therefore appear at different angles.In animals0.80text
the scales of butterfliesinstance ofDifferent colours therefore appear at different angles.In animals0.80text
interference is created by a range of photonic mechanismsinstance ofDifferent colours therefore appear at different angles.In animals0.80text
including diffraction gratingsinstance ofDifferent colours therefore appear at different angles.In animals0.80text
selective mirrorsinstance ofDifferent colours therefore appear at different angles.In animals0.80text
photonic crystalsinstance ofDifferent colours therefore appear at different angles.In animals0.80text
crystal fibresinstance ofDifferent colours therefore appear at different angles.In animals0.80text
matrices of nanochannelsinstance ofDifferent colours therefore appear at different angles.In animals0.80text
proteins that can vary their configurationinstance ofDifferent colours therefore appear at different angles.In animals0.80text
of pearl oystersinstance ofas in peacock feathers and nacreous shells0.80text
a butterfly's wing or bird's feather movesinstance ofas a thin-film structure0.80text
it seems to change colour.Electron micrograph of a fractured surface of nacre showing multiple thin layersShiny green colour of European rose chaferinstance ofas a thin-film structure0.80text

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