coloration

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Instead, it results from structural coloration, which occurs when light interacts with tiny structures at the nanoscale.

From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026

And yet atollas gain their reddish coloration from pigments called porphyrins, which don’t absorb blue light all that well and which, if exposed to bright light, emit toxins.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Not done waxing poetic about the eyes on the veritable Redford of retrievers, Leonberg also pointed out another benefit of his dog’s particular coloration.

From Salon • Oct. 3, 2025

She selects for strong coloration, friendliness, and slower growth, “because people love them small,” she explained.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025

These atoms, gradually spiraling in toward Jupiter, should coat the inner moon Amalthea and may be responsible for its reddish coloration.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan