ArcticDagger@feddit.dk to science@lemmy.world · 9 months agoSelf-assembled, disordered structural color from fruit wax bloomwww.science.orgexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down11
arrow-up119arrow-down1external-linkSelf-assembled, disordered structural color from fruit wax bloomwww.science.orgArcticDagger@feddit.dk to science@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareI_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·9 months agoI thought that was what “structural color from wax bloom” meant. It’s just the texture of the waxy bloom on the skin of the fruit, not any actual pigment.
minus-squareasdfasdfasdf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoWouldn’t that mean we could wipe blueberries with a towel and it would come off on the towel and wouldn’t be blue anymore? Maybe I should try and see.
minus-squareI_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoWhen you freeze them they stop being blue.
I thought that was what “structural color from wax bloom” meant. It’s just the texture of the waxy bloom on the skin of the fruit, not any actual pigment.
Wouldn’t that mean we could wipe blueberries with a towel and it would come off on the towel and wouldn’t be blue anymore? Maybe I should try and see.
Yes, it works with plums too.
When you freeze them they stop being blue.
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