Pearls and bird feathers inspire simpler method for producing structural colors
Colors in nature are not always produced by pigments. Pearls, bird feathers, butterfly wings and opals display brilliant colors through the interaction of light with microscopic structures, a phenomenon known as structural color.
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Colors in nature are not always produced by pigments. Pearls, bird feathers, butterfly wings and opals display brilliant colors through the interaction of light with microscopic structures, a phenomenon known as structural color.
Originally published at Phys.org
