Iridescence -- Why Colors -- Lepidoptera Description and Scales of Observation -- Coleoptera Description and Observation Scales -- Changing Colors: Structures or Pigments? -- Physical Colors, Chemical Colors Basics of Solid State Optics -- 1-Dimensional Structures: Interferences -- 2-Dimensional Structures: Interferences and Diffraction -- 3-Dimensional Structures: Crystalline Diffraction -- Amorphous Structures: Scattering -- Pigments and Pigmentary Colors -- Thermoregulation and Spectral Selectivity -- Vision and Colorimetry
Summary
Butterflies and coleopterans are beautifully colored insects. This book aims to understand the origin of these brilliant colors from a physics perspective. It explains the different physical phenomena and shows numerous color illustrations. It is suitable for optical physicists, biologists, and teachers alike