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Apparently, structural color is also a lot more vivid (in the paint example, it reflects back almost 100% of the light, vs. 50% for pigment).
by johnyzee 3y ago
Apparently, structural color is also a lot more vivid (in the paint example, it reflects back almost 100% of the light, vs. 50% for pigment).
- aragonite 3y agoIf it reflects back 100% of the incident light, it wouldn't have a blue appearance, would it?
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- johnyzee 3y agoI believe it changes the wavelength of the reflected light, producing the observed color.
- mcpackieh 3y agoFrom what I understand, with structural colors the structure is causing certain wavelengths to preferentially reflect or transmit, or behaves as a diffraction grating to split the white light. What you're describing sounds like fluorescence.