结构色

結構色
jiégòusè
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 structural color (color produced by microscopic structure rather than pigment)

Examples

Kǒngquè wěi yǔ shàng de lán lǜ guāngcǎi shì yī zhǒng jiégòusè.
The iridescent blue-green of a peacock's tail feathers is a structural color.
Lán shǎn dié de chìbǎng bìngbù hán lánsè sù, tā de lánsè wánquán láizì jiégòusè.
Morpho butterfly wings contain no blue pigment — their blue comes entirely from structural color.

Tips

usage
Contrast with 色素 (pigmentary color). Structural color comes from light scattering, thin-film interference, or photonic crystals in the surface — crush a Morpho wing to powder and the blue disappears, because the microstructure is gone.

Stroke Order

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