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Argope rosea

Thin film

Contour grain

Argope rosea, Nº 0820

sheen 0.50 · grain 150 cy · relief 5.0 · film 0.34

From an uploaded image

Colour here is not pigment. Light entering the wing membrane reflects from its upper and lower surfaces at once, and the two returning paths interfere — cancelling some wavelengths, reinforcing others. The path difference changes with the angle you look from, so the hue moves as the light does.

made by Dwija Patel