Structural coloration in animals, and a few plants, is the production of colour by microscopically structured surfaces fine enough to interfere with visible...

its coloration to match its background, and when it was alarmed. In his 1665 book Micrographia, Robert Hooke describes the "fantastical" (structural, not...

"remarkable example of photonic engineering by a living organism". This structural coloration is a defense mechanism, giving a warning signal to potential predators...

the bands of this butterfly is not produced by pigments, but is structural coloration produced by the microstructure of the wing scales. They refract...

forested regions of Africa. The blue colour of the fruit, created by structural coloration, is the most intense of any known biological material. The plant...

"remarkable example of photonic engineering by a living organism". This structural coloration is a defense mechanism, giving a warning signal to potential predators...

vibrant iridescent plumage colors are not primarily pigments, but structural coloration. Optical interference Bragg reflections, based on regular, periodic...

Microstructures that interfere with the light cause structural coloration. Some examples of structural coloration include bird feathers and butterfly wings. (see:Iridescence)...

cuttlefish to use another modality of visual signalling brought about by structural coloration. Iridophores are structures that produce iridescent colors with...

dragonflies have brilliant iridescent or metallic colours produced by structural coloration, making them conspicuous in flight. An adult dragonfly's compound...

incorporated into the cuticle. Often, in the cuticle of arthropods, structural coloration is observed, produced by nanostructures. In the mealworm beetle...

iridescence. The structural coloration of the male dorsal wings is affected by environmental factors. There is an increase in ultraviolet coloration coverage...

(hydrated silicon dioxide), called a frustule. These frustules produce structural coloration, prompting them to be described as "jewels of the sea" and "living...

Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see, or...

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known for its attractive iridescent/holographic sheen caused by structural coloration. Five subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate...

(i.e., different diffraction angles). The emerging coloration is a form of structural coloration. The directions or diffraction angles of these beams...

of the blues, greens, reds and iridescent colours are created by structural coloration produced by the micro-structures of the scales and hairs. As in...

often highly sculptured, with brilliant metallic colors created by structural coloration. They are most diverse in desert regions of the world, as they are...

Dinosaur coloration is generally one of the unknowns in the field of paleontology, as skin pigmentation is nearly always lost during the fossilization...

found in birds, as the coloration that appears in most green feathers is due to the unique properties of blue structural coloration in combination with yellow...

green turacoverdin (porphyrin pigments found only in turacos). Structural coloration is involved in the production of blue colors, iridescence, most...

arrangement of muscle cells that can cause light diffraction and structural coloration. The subcutaneous fat and skin on the back (fatback) are used to...

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muscle cells at certain angles, such as in meat cuts, can show structural coloration or iridescence due to this periodic alignment of the fibrils and...

of electrons. Photonic crystals occur in nature in the form of structural coloration and animal reflectors, and, as artificially produced, promise to...

actual pigment in its feathers is melanin. This is referred to as structural coloration. The blue jay occurs from southern Canada (including the southern...

Hanlon, Roger T (2009). "Mechanisms and behavioural functions of structural coloration in cephalopods". Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 6 (suppl_2):...