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  • Thumbnail for Chromatophore
    physiological colour change or metachrosis. Cephalopods, such as the octopus, have complex chromatophore organs controlled by muscles to achieve this,...
    40 KB (4,520 words) - 05:04, 21 May 2024
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    Chameleon (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    capable of colour-shifting camouflage. The large number of species in the family exhibit considerable variability in their capacity to change colour. For some...
    60 KB (6,282 words) - 15:54, 12 May 2024
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    certain surfaces that appear gradually to change colour as the angle of view or the angle of illumination changes. Iridescence is caused by wave interference...
    19 KB (1,938 words) - 21:56, 3 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for RAL colour standard
    RAL is a colour management system used in Europe that is created and administered by the German RAL gGmbH [de] (RAL non-profit LLC), which is a subsidiary...
    10 KB (832 words) - 18:56, 17 May 2024
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    under certain environmental conditions, some grasshopper species can change colour and behavior and form swarms. Under these circumstances, they are known...
    72 KB (7,286 words) - 19:05, 15 May 2024
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    animals, and a few plants, is the production of colour by microscopically structured surfaces fine enough to interfere with visible light instead of pigments...
    42 KB (4,618 words) - 19:27, 16 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Colour revolution
    The Colour revolutions (sometimes coloured revolutions) were a series of often non-violent protests and accompanying (attempted or successful) changes of...
    63 KB (6,166 words) - 15:35, 4 May 2024
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    Living Colour is an American rock band from New York City, formed in 1984. The band currently consists of guitarist Vernon Reid, lead vocalist Corey Glover...
    28 KB (2,785 words) - 23:39, 17 May 2024
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    Turquoise (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    turquoise possessed certain prophylactic qualities; it was thought to change colour with the wearer's health and protect him or her from untoward forces...
    52 KB (6,027 words) - 16:15, 2 April 2024
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    The octopus ... seeks its prey by so changing its colour as to render it like the colour of the stones adjacent to it; it does so also when alarmed. — Aristotle...
    122 KB (13,398 words) - 07:58, 25 March 2024
  • Thermochromism is the property of substances to change color due to a change in temperature. A mood ring is an excellent example of this phenomenon, but...
    20 KB (2,443 words) - 07:40, 19 May 2024
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    Change Colour", primarily there are four main areas that have influence over the potential for a cosmetic tattoo to change colour; Factors related to the...
    14 KB (1,389 words) - 11:45, 20 May 2024
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    bubbles results in foam. When light shines onto a bubble it appears to change colour. Unlike those seen in a rainbow, which arise from differential refraction...
    19 KB (2,429 words) - 00:33, 3 May 2024
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    3, 2016. "This magical gin changes colour when tonic's added to it". Good Housekeeping. "Road test: Ink gin changes colour when mixed with tonic". The...
    17 KB (1,646 words) - 17:02, 22 May 2024
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    features in temperate climates is the striking change in colour for the leaves of deciduous trees as they prepare to shed. Some cultures regard the autumnal...
    26 KB (2,671 words) - 00:23, 3 May 2024
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    colours used to represent a political ideology, movement or party, either officially or unofficially. They represent the intersection of colour symbolism...
    80 KB (9,023 words) - 09:37, 28 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of animals that can change color
    - Colour change signals a chameleon's physiological condition and intentions to other chameleons. Because chameleons are ectothermic, they change color...
    6 KB (649 words) - 03:25, 14 March 2024
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    Trooping the Colour is a ceremonial event performed every year on Horse Guards Parade in London, United Kingdom, by regiments of Household Division, to celebrate...
    81 KB (9,610 words) - 03:01, 9 May 2024
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    In military organizations, a colour guard (or color guard) is a detachment of soldiers assigned to the protection of regimental colours and the national...
    33 KB (4,053 words) - 06:26, 23 May 2024
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    unusually large size of its eggs and its ability to change colour. The Oenpelli python was assigned to a taxonomy in 1977 by Graeme Gow, who placed it...
    14 KB (1,374 words) - 13:25, 9 January 2024
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