Structural coloration in animals, and a few plants, is the production of colour by microscopically structured surfaces fine enough to interfere with visible...
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its coloration to match its background, and when it was alarmed. In his 1665 book Micrographia, Robert Hooke describes the "fantastical" (structural, not...
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Aphrodita aculeata (section Structural coloration)
"remarkable example of photonic engineering by a living organism". This structural coloration is a defense mechanism, giving a warning signal to potential predators...
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Pollia condensata (section Structural coloration)
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...
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the bands of this butterfly is not produced by pigments, but is structural coloration produced by the microstructure of the wing scales. They refract...
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Aphrodita (section Structural coloration)
"remarkable example of photonic engineering by a living organism". This structural coloration is a defense mechanism, giving a warning signal to potential predators...
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Peafowl (section Iridescence and structural coloration)
vibrant iridescent plumage colors are not primarily pigments, but structural coloration. Optical interference Bragg reflections, based on regular, periodic...
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Color of clothing (section Structural coloration)
Microstructures that interfere with the light cause structural coloration. Some examples of structural coloration include bird feathers and butterfly wings. (see:Iridescence)...
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cuttlefish to use another modality of visual signalling brought about by structural coloration. Iridophores are structures that produce iridescent colors with...
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Dragonfly (section Coloration)
dragonflies have brilliant iridescent or metallic colours produced by structural coloration, making them conspicuous in flight. An adult dragonfly's compound...
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incorporated into the cuticle. Often, in the cuticle of arthropods, structural coloration is observed, produced by nanostructures. In the mealworm beetle...
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(hydrated silicon dioxide), called a frustule. These frustules produce structural coloration, prompting them to be described as "jewels of the sea" and "living...
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Camouflage (redirect from Cryptic coloration)
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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spectrum Light Rainbow Visible Spectral colors Chromophore Structural coloration Animal coloration Color of chemicals Water Spectral power distribution Colorimetry...
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Dinosaur coloration is generally one of the unknowns in the field of paleontology, as skin pigmentation is nearly always lost during the fossilization...
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iridescence. The structural coloration of the male dorsal wings is affected by environmental factors. There is an increase in ultraviolet coloration coverage...
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known for its attractive iridescent/holographic sheen caused by structural coloration. Five subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate...
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(i.e., different diffraction angles). The emerging coloration is a form of structural coloration. The directions or diffraction angles of these beams...
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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...
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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...
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Feather (section Coloration)
green turacoverdin (porphyrin pigments found only in turacos). Structural coloration is involved in the production of blue colors, iridescence, most...
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Countershading Crypsis Deimatic behaviour Disruptive coloration coincident Eyespot (mimicry) Mimicry Structural coloration Underwater camouflage Related topics Animal...
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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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often highly sculptured, with brilliant metallic colors created by structural coloration. They are most diverse in desert regions of the world, as they are...
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color Rainbow Secondary color Saturation Spectral color Spot color Structural coloration Subtractive color Tertiary color Theory of Colours Thermochromics...
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spectrum Light Rainbow Visible Spectral colors Chromophore Structural coloration Animal coloration Color of chemicals Water Spectral power distribution Colorimetry...
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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...
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actual pigment in its feathers is melanin. This is referred to as structural coloration. The blue jay occurs from southern Canada (including the southern...
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of electrons. Photonic crystals occur in nature in the form of structural coloration and animal reflectors, and, as artificially produced, promise to...
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Hanlon, Roger T (2009). "Mechanisms and behavioural functions of structural coloration in cephalopods". Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 6 (suppl_2):...
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