When the observed color of iridocytes was blue, the reflectance peak maximum was at ∼480 nm. In addition, the peaks of spectra curves of green, yellow, and orange-red iridescent cells were located at ...

Computer animators and video game designers may soon have a better way to create the purple-green sheen of a grackle's wing, or the pink flash on a hummingbird's throat, thanks to a new method for ...