Question

Researcher recently identified a new species of bird that had purple feathers. After eliminating a purple pigment or porphyrins, they discovered that the purple feather color was due to common structures and pigments present in other birds. Explain the structures and pigments that would produce a purple feather. Be sure to explain what pigment and structures are involved and where in the feather they are located.

Answer 1

a common trait . Strouctuoal Coloos: Indescent feathers: .: The best example is googiet of many humming bird Species. The sidescent color of the googet are result of the refraction of incident light Caosed by microcopic strature of the feather barbules. The refoaction works like a poism, Splitting the light j Component colours. O-NOR - Iridescent feathers i n acito Not all structural Colour cire iridescent. toy air pockets in the barbs of feathers can scatter Incoming light, resulting in a Specific non iridescent colour -