61K views · 7K reactions | Do those butterfly wings seem like they’re changing color right before your eyes? ✨ It’s not magic—it’s science! Butterflies get their stunning colors from two sources: ordinary pigments (which absorb some light and reflect others) and structural colors (which bend and scatter light like tiny prisms). Nature is the ultimate artist! 曆 | Butterfly Wonderland | Facebook

139K views · 6.6K reactions | The wings of blue morpho butterflies are iridescent blue — but contain absolutely no blue pigment! The color is achieved by tiny scales on the wings that have ridges, ribs and other structures that play with the physics of light at the nanoscale to reflect only bright blues. | Center for Biological Diversity | Facebook