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The colors of peacocks and hummingbirds are the result, not of pigments, but of ridges in the surface layers of their feathers. by what physical principle do these ridges produce colors?
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The colors of peacocks and hummingbirds are the result, not of pigments, but of ridges in the surface layers of their feathers. by what physical principle do these ridges produce colors?
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Hey! i believe the answer is diffraction
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