Author: Amy Patel
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That’s Not Blue, That’s Optical Fraud: Nature’s Manipulation of Light to Perceived Colour
Did you know that blue jays are not blue? In fact, most of the animals we observe are not actually blue, meaning they lack the pigment entirely. This colour we see comes from a variety of structural mechanisms causing optical interference, impacting how we see this colour with no actual blue pigment used. Colour is…