Thanks for your awesome science communication. I learned a lot about structural color in this video. Anyone reading this, go subscribe to Backyard Expeditions!
Being an artist, I learned much about paint pigments. The iridescent and interference colored paints still do not look near as beautiful as the colors reflected on the plain old male mourning dove neck (the patch they have to show off to females how healthy they are!). Feathers are amazing and I doubt we could ever manufacture anything so simple, beautiful and functional as a feather. Thanks for your great videos- subbed, liked and binge-watching now!! There is nothing more breathtaking than realizing you are staring down at a colorful bird feather on the ground. My last find was a primary flight feather from a northern flicker. The yellow is so vibrant! And a head feather from a red bellied woodpecker - looks like a puff a smoke tipped by fire! All bird feathers are beautiful - from grackles, blue jays, woodpeckers and more!
That's so delightful to read, that you know about pigments but are still amazed by the colors of nature. I think we can find a similar sense of wonder by looking closely at any part of a living system, which is why I chose Life as the topic for this channel. Thank you for watching!
The Kingfisher in the UK is another example. I'd read it had no blue feathers and now I finally understand why it appears blue. Great explanation and collaboration, thanks!
Thank you, My Birding Year! It's such a cool fact to know, because you are about 30 seconds from surprising someone. So next time you see a blue kingfisher (which must be so cool, by the way!) you can explain how it works! Thanks for watching!
I’m about 8 months into my birding certificate program and this weekend we covered feathers and flight. I wanted to better understand so I searched TH-cam. I found a few of your videos and they are fantastic! I struggle with retaining information and your style is helping me tremendously! Keep up the great channel and content!
I'm glad you are finding these helpful, Christopher! One of my goals for 2023 is to use more metaphors and models that help people understand and retain information. Thank you for watching!
this is a great explanation, thanks! my favorite animal that uses structural color is chameleons - when they want to change color, they actually move around nanostructures in their skin so that a different color will constructively interfere.
That is such a cool animal fact, art gremlin! I love learning about this topic, so thanks for sharing your knowledge. We all get to learn together. Also, thanks for watching!
Thank you, Koaw! I am SUPER interested in structural color, but I couldn't figure out this last insight. John did a great job explaining how a bubble lattice can cause coherent light reflection. In a conversation about structural color, most people will not ask the technical questions where you would have to explain this directly. But it gives the mental model needed to explain at a simpler level. I'm glad you found value in this. Thank you for watching!
That's great! It's such an interesting topic, and it doesn't take long to understand the idea if it's explained in the right way. Ecotasia did well with this. I hope the people who saw your presentation were amazed. Thanks for watching!
Hi Kamel! The more I learn about living things, the more impossible they seem. It's amazing how many miracles are out there for us to discover. Thanks for watching!
I have ALWAYS been fascinated by iridescence, even as a little kid i knew there was something special about it... Now... in my 40's I breed flowers with iridescent petals. There are plenty of flowers which produce pigments but there others with surface level structures which allow for iridescence. If these structures are damaged then colour loses its iridescence and we perceive only the base colour.
there is an iridescence in some tobacco flowers in colours like red and pink and purple, I am trying to identify the gene responsible for the structure which gives the shimmer effect and apply it to flowers which produce a blue pigment. Eventually, if/when I get the first part to work... I would like to produce a Blue tobacco flower which is iridescent.
Hi Anon! Thanks for the work you do! I had never heard of iridescent flowers before but they sound so interesting! Structural color is one of those topics that is all around us, but almost nobody knows about it. Very fun to teach, and fun to learn! Thank you for watching.
I was so happy when Backyard Expeditions offered to explain this concept at the physics level. And he did a great job. This works for any feather, so if you ever find a blue jay feather it will do the same thing!
@@BioBush it seems blue color in light spectrum has much higher energy. hence damaging to living cell.in plants blue die formed rarely at high ph . and low solubility of blue dye .therefore alkaline ph is toxic to cells. low solubility reduces chances of distribution in plant especially in flowers etc. could be the reason dont find in nature.
Hi Thomas! Thank you for the kind words. This is one of the most fun things to know about birds, because they are all around us and almost nobody knows this fact. Thank you for watching!
Hi Salam! John did such a good job explaining this complex topic. He helped me understand it better too. There are more helpful videos on his channel. Thank you for watching!
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This was an awesome collaboration, I had alot of fun and I hope to do it again in the near future.
Thanks for your awesome science communication. I learned a lot about structural color in this video. Anyone reading this, go subscribe to Backyard Expeditions!
Being an artist, I learned much about paint pigments. The iridescent and interference colored paints still do not look near as beautiful as the colors reflected on the plain old male mourning dove neck (the patch they have to show off to females how healthy they are!). Feathers are amazing and I doubt we could ever manufacture anything so simple, beautiful and functional as a feather. Thanks for your great videos- subbed, liked and binge-watching now!! There is nothing more breathtaking than realizing you are staring down at a colorful bird feather on the ground. My last find was a primary flight feather from a northern flicker. The yellow is so vibrant! And a head feather from a red bellied woodpecker - looks like a puff a smoke tipped by fire! All bird feathers are beautiful - from grackles, blue jays, woodpeckers and more!
That's so delightful to read, that you know about pigments but are still amazed by the colors of nature. I think we can find a similar sense of wonder by looking closely at any part of a living system, which is why I chose Life as the topic for this channel. Thank you for watching!
@@BioBush thank you! I am happy I found your channel!
The Kingfisher in the UK is another example. I'd read it had no blue feathers and now I finally understand why it appears blue. Great explanation and collaboration, thanks!
Thank you, My Birding Year! It's such a cool fact to know, because you are about 30 seconds from surprising someone. So next time you see a blue kingfisher (which must be so cool, by the way!) you can explain how it works! Thanks for watching!
I’m about 8 months into my birding certificate program and this weekend we covered feathers and flight. I wanted to better understand so I searched TH-cam. I found a few of your videos and they are fantastic! I struggle with retaining information and your style is helping me tremendously! Keep up the great channel and content!
I'm glad you are finding these helpful, Christopher! One of my goals for 2023 is to use more metaphors and models that help people understand and retain information. Thank you for watching!
this is a great explanation, thanks!
my favorite animal that uses structural color is chameleons - when they want to change color, they actually move around nanostructures in their skin so that a different color will constructively interfere.
That is such a cool animal fact, art gremlin! I love learning about this topic, so thanks for sharing your knowledge. We all get to learn together. Also, thanks for watching!
Holy crap that’s so cool!!!
Glad I finally watched this one off my queue. Very informative and just what I needed!
Thank you, Koaw! I am SUPER interested in structural color, but I couldn't figure out this last insight. John did a great job explaining how a bubble lattice can cause coherent light reflection.
In a conversation about structural color, most people will not ask the technical questions where you would have to explain this directly. But it gives the mental model needed to explain at a simpler level. I'm glad you found value in this. Thank you for watching!
Thank you for this video! You saved my presentation!
That's great! It's such an interesting topic, and it doesn't take long to understand the idea if it's explained in the right way. Ecotasia did well with this. I hope the people who saw your presentation were amazed. Thanks for watching!
This is a clever design it must be done by a designer
Hi Kamel! The more I learn about living things, the more impossible they seem. It's amazing how many miracles are out there for us to discover. Thanks for watching!
I have ALWAYS been fascinated by iridescence, even as a little kid i knew there was something special about it...
Now... in my 40's I breed flowers with iridescent petals.
There are plenty of flowers which produce pigments but there others with surface level structures which allow for iridescence.
If these structures are damaged then colour loses its iridescence and we perceive only the base colour.
there is an iridescence in some tobacco flowers in colours like red and pink and purple, I am trying to identify the gene responsible for the structure which gives the shimmer effect and apply it to flowers which produce a blue pigment. Eventually, if/when I get the first part to work... I would like to produce a Blue tobacco flower which is iridescent.
Hi Anon! Thanks for the work you do! I had never heard of iridescent flowers before but they sound so interesting! Structural color is one of those topics that is all around us, but almost nobody knows about it. Very fun to teach, and fun to learn! Thank you for watching.
Thanks so much! This has helped me prepare for my exam :)
Glad you found it useful, Cloudy! There are so many interesting things to learn about birds. Thank you for watching!
Makes so much sense! Thanks for the explanation
I was so happy when Backyard Expeditions offered to explain this concept at the physics level. And he did a great job. This works for any feather, so if you ever find a blue jay feather it will do the same thing!
@@BioBush it seems blue color in light spectrum has much higher energy. hence damaging to living cell.in plants blue die formed rarely at high ph . and low solubility of blue dye .therefore alkaline ph is toxic to cells. low solubility reduces chances of distribution in plant especially in flowers etc. could be the reason dont find in nature.
Fabulously done.
Hi Thomas! Thank you for the kind words. This is one of the most fun things to know about birds, because they are all around us and almost nobody knows this fact. Thank you for watching!
Thanks a lot that was very helpful
Hi Salam! John did such a good job explaining this complex topic. He helped me understand it better too. There are more helpful videos on his channel. Thank you for watching!
very interesting. I like to know these things and wonder