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the orchid mantis color experiment
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<blockquote data-quote="gravewurm88" data-source="post: 343096" data-attributes="member: 12318"><p>Do you know what's happening? Really simple and logical when you think on it. I'ma blow your mind. The white of the mantis acts like a mirror of sorts and reflect back the colors it on to a slight degree. You could put a orchid on am orange sheet of paper and it'd look orange. Ever notice that painters always wear all white? Same reason reflection onto the surfaces can screw with the eye so painter wear all white to keep have a neutral "reflection." Does make sense? Simply put it's light absorption, wear black and get hotter quicker, absorbs more light. What makes animals change color is chromatophores mantids don't have these I think stick insects are the closest relatives that do</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gravewurm88, post: 343096, member: 12318"] Do you know what's happening? Really simple and logical when you think on it. I'ma blow your mind. The white of the mantis acts like a mirror of sorts and reflect back the colors it on to a slight degree. You could put a orchid on am orange sheet of paper and it'd look orange. Ever notice that painters always wear all white? Same reason reflection onto the surfaces can screw with the eye so painter wear all white to keep have a neutral "reflection." Does make sense? Simply put it's light absorption, wear black and get hotter quicker, absorbs more light. What makes animals change color is chromatophores mantids don't have these I think stick insects are the closest relatives that do [/QUOTE]
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