No Blue Bird Is Actually Blue
Kingfisher, blue jay, peacock: there is no blue pigment in any of those feathers. The color lives in a keratin foam riddled with air pockets about the size of a blue wavelength. Grind a blue feather into powder and it comes out brown. Grind a red one and it stays red.
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