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Pearls and bird feathers inspire simpler method for producing structural colors

Colors in nature are not always produced by pigments. Pearls, bird feathers, butterfly wings and opals display brilliant colors through the interaction of light with microscopic structures, a phenomenon known as structural color.

Pearls and bird feathers inspire simpler method for producing structural colors

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