Microscopic Details Underlying Structural Color (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Microscopic Details Underlying Structural Color

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The 75% greater thickness of the scale lamina from the wing of a bred blue buckeye (red bar, top row, right) compared to the thickness of a scale from the brown wing of a typical buckeye (lower panel) is responsible for the blue color. Red arrows show wing area from which scales were obtained.

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UC Berkeley images by Rachel Thayer

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