INDBInternet News Database 2.5 Updated 1 min ago · 288 sources Show or hide images Light or dark

Pearls and bird feathers inspire simpler method for producing structural colors

Save Like Comments Compare coverage
Image from Phys

Summary

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.

Description from Phys.

Who is covering this

  1. Phys Center Factuality: Mostly factual US
    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.

Comments

Comments need JavaScript.