• Ageroth@reddthat.com
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    3 days ago

    That’s what color they are in the “visible” spectrum, I wonder what they look like if you added in the ultraviolet spectrum that bees and other insects can see

    • unfinished | 🇵🇸@lemmy.ml
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      3 days ago

      Well, we can’t really picture a color outside the visible spectrum. Just try to imagine a color you’ve never seen…

      • apotheotic (she/her)@beehaw.org
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        2 days ago

        Point being they might have wonderful patterns or be beautifully vibrant in the UV spectrum, but those pigments don’t look like anything beyond a sickly yellow if all you can see is the human visible light spectrum