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The 19 pages that link to Iridescence, each with the reason it gives.

• Bird plumageRelated: It contrasts with pigment-based color that usually stays more stable across angles.

• Structural colorationRelated: Interference and diffraction often make structural colors shift as the viewing angle changes.

• PleochroismCompared with: Iridescence arises from light interference, whereas pleochroism arises from selective absorption.

• ChromatophoreCompared with: Some chromatophores produce iridescence, but the optical effect is not itself a cell.

• PearlRelated: Nacre's microscopic layers contribute to the shifting colors seen in some pearls.

• MicroraptorRelated: Its inferred glossy plumage raises questions about display, signaling, and feather function.

• Animal colorationBroader topic: Layered structures in feathers, scales, and shells can make coloration angle-dependent.

• Nicobar pigeonRelated: Its metallic-looking feathers owe their shifting colors to structural effects.

• Neon tetraRelated: Structural coloration gives the neon tetra’s blue stripe its shifting brilliance.

• PeafowlRelated: Feather microstructure produces the shifting colors of peafowl plumage.

• Eurasian magpieRelated: Structural colors give the magpie’s dark feathers blue-green sheen.

• Green pheasantRelated: Structural coloration gives the male’s plumage its shifting green sheen.

• Rainbow lorikeetRelated: Its vivid plumage invites comparison with structural color, though its colors are not all iridescent.

• Himalayan monalRelated: Structural color gives the male’s plumage its shifting metallic appearance.

• JacamarRelated: Structural colors give many jacamars their metallic-looking plumage.

• Poecilotheria metallicaRelated: Its blue appearance invites comparison with structural color, though its coloration is not simply ordinary pigment.

• Rainbow (optics)Compared with: Iridescence can produce shifting colors, whereas rainbow hues are chiefly sorted by refraction and dispersion.

• Rufous hummingbirdRelated: Some rufous hummingbird feathers show angle-dependent colors rather than pigment alone.

• XenopeltisRelated: Structural effects in the scales create the sunbeam snake's shifting sheen.