GRATING EFFECT. “Beneath the xanthophores are iridophores (also called “guanophores”), which contain colorless crystals of guanine pigment, arranged as stacks of platelets separated by cytoplasm. Their appearance is a function of the structural arrangement of platelets… depending on their spacing, the stacked guanine platelets may preferentially scatter shorter wavelengths of light and transmit longer wavelengths (Tyndall scattering), resulting in a blue appearance.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022