TED-Ed
What is the rarest color in nature? - Victoria Hwang
2022 • E46 Jun 9, 2022 5m
Discover what colors are the most rare to see in nature, and how physics and evolution drive their scarcity.
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Plants, animals, or minerals found in nature bear almost every color imaginable. There are two factors that influence what hues you see in the wild: physics and evolution. So, which colors are you least likely to see in the natural world? Victoria Hwang explores one of nature’s rarest spectacles.
Lesson by Victoria Hwang, directed by Tamara Bogovac, Artrake Studio.
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Plants, animals, or minerals found in nature bear almost every color imaginable. There are two factors that influence what hues you see in the wild: physics and evolution. So, which colors are you least likely to see in the natural world? Victoria Hwang explores one of nature’s rarest spectacles.
Lesson by Victoria Hwang, directed by Tamara Bogovac, Artrake Studio.