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... colour and are sometimes used in jewelry . The brightly coloured body of other species is hidden by the dull dark wing covers and is exposed only during flight or from a ventral ( bottom ) view . A predator chasing a metallic - coloured ...
... colour and are sometimes used in jewelry . The brightly coloured body of other species is hidden by the dull dark wing covers and is exposed only during flight or from a ventral ( bottom ) view . A predator chasing a metallic - coloured ...
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... colour system , method of desig- nating colours based on a colour arrangement scheme developed by the American art in- structor and painter Albert H. Munsell . It de- fines colours by measured scales of hue , value , and chroma , which ...
... colour system , method of desig- nating colours based on a colour arrangement scheme developed by the American art in- structor and painter Albert H. Munsell . It de- fines colours by measured scales of hue , value , and chroma , which ...
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... colour glass . The crude oxide is used to counteract the green colour of iron ( II ) com- pounds in glass ; and the more pure compound is used in the production of the only known glass that is bright purple in colour . This neodymium ...
... colour glass . The crude oxide is used to counteract the green colour of iron ( II ) com- pounds in glass ; and the more pure compound is used in the production of the only known glass that is bright purple in colour . This neodymium ...
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