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How poppy flowers get those vibrant colours that entice insects

Source
Phys.org

Publication Date
2019-02-11

With bright reds and yellows—and even the occasional white—poppies are very bright and colorful. Their petals, however, are also very thin; they are made up of just three layers of cells. University of Groningen scientists Casper van der Kooi and Doekele Stavenga used microscopy and mathematical models describing how light interacts with petals to find out how the vibrant colors are created.

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https://phys.org/news/2019-02-poppy-vibrant-colours-entice-insects.html