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Self-assembled, disordered structural color from fruit wax bloom (www.science.org)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Yes, it works with plums too.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

When you freeze them they stop being blue.