Articles on Structural colour

July 26, 2021

How a bee sees: tiny bumps on flower petals give them their intense colour — and help them survive

Adrian Dyer, RMIT University and Jair Garcia, RMIT University

Bees can perceive flower colours and hues which are invisible to us — such as those produced by reflected ultraviolet radiation.

April 16, 2020

Maria McNamara, University College Cork and Luke McDonald, University College Cork

Researchers realised a dull-looking 13,000-year-old weevil was actually covered in brilliant green, blue and yellow nanoscopic crystals.

July 20, 2017

Colin Hall, University of South Australia and Eric Charrault, University of South Australia

Scientists continue to invent new colours for new applications thanks to nanoscale structures.

Eric Charrault
Research Fellow in Energy and Advanced Manufacturing, Adelaide University
Colin Hall
Research Scientist in decorative and hard coatings, Adelaide University
Luke McDonald
Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork
Maria McNamara
Professor, Palaeobiology, University College Cork
Adrian Dyer
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Monash University
Jair Garcia
Researcher and analyst, Monash University