Meaning of schemochrome | Babel Free
Definitions
Colouration produced by microscopic structures that reflect/refract light rather than pigments.
Examples
“First, a blue pigment is known from birds (rhodoxanthin, a xanthophyll producing the blue of fruit pigeons, Ptilinopus; see⟳ Buckley 1982 : 61), although the blue of parrots is almost certainly not based on a pigment (biochrome), but rather is a schemochrome (structural color).”
“In some groups a schemochrome overlies a conspicuous biochrome, with spectacular effect.”
“The fine scales on the wings of some butterflies and the surface of scarab beetles produce⟳ schemochrome colours (Chapman, 1998a).”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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