Gold- and bronze-like paints that don't contain metal (IMAGE)

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Gold- and bronze-like paints that don't contain metal

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Organic-only dyes produce films with gold- (top) and bronze- (bottom) like effects; a stainless steel ruler was placed next to each film to observe the reflection.

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Adapted from <i>ACS Omega</i> <b>2020</b>, DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c02752

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