Resources
Objectives
Many of the colors we see are due to pigments or dyes, but other colors are due to the way light interacts with particular structures. Artists and engineers take advantage of structural color to engineer specific colors and aesthetics.
Learn how pigments and dyes make materials appear colored
Learn what structural color is
Learn what interference paints are made of
Learn why the background color affects the color of interference paints
Credits
Developed for the NISE Network with funding from the National Science Foundation under Award Numbers 0532536 and 0940143 and for University of California Berkeley with funding from the National Science Foundation under award Number 1055938. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this product are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation.
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