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Pearls and bird feathers inspire simpler method for producing structural colors
Source: Phys.org · Published
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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