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Structural coloration

life science Maturity 9-11

Some things have bright colors.

Peacock feathers closeup.jpg
Peacock feathers closeup.jpg
These colors come from tiny shapes. The shapes play with light. This makes colors like blue or green. It can even change as you move. It is very pretty!
Pollia.jpg
Pollia.jpg
Do you see bright colors outside?

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File:Peacock feathers closeup.jpg
Peacock feathers closeup.jpg
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Micrographia title page.gif
File:NHM Chrysospalax trevelyani (cropped).JPG
NHM Chrysospalax trevelyani (cropped).JPG
File:Thin film interference.svg
Thin film interference.svg
File:Bruchfläche eines Perlmuttstücks.JPG
Bruchfläche eines Perlmuttstücks.JPG
File:Reversal of handedness of circularly polarized light reflected by mirror 2s.gif
Reversal of handedness of circularly...
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Butterfly magnification series collage.jpg
File:Morpho butterfly scale christmas tree multilayer structures drawing from electron micrograph.jpg
Morpho butterfly scale christmas tree...
File:Emerald Swallowtail Papilio palinurus scale structure diagrams.svg
Emerald Swallowtail Papilio palinurus...
File:Ara ararauna Luc Viatour.jpg
Ara ararauna Luc Viatour.jpg
File:Pollia.jpg
Pollia.jpg
File:Buttercup petal structural and pigment coloration.svg
Buttercup petal structural and pigment...

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