Ch. 03 — Reflectance · The Physics of Shine Chrysina Series
Single takeaway

The colour isn't pigment — it's seventy stacked layers bending light.

Structural reflectance Pigment-only reflectance Peak reflectance, %, by elytra type
94% 81% 76% 68% 19% Metallic green Metallic gold Green-silver Copper-red Matte pigment C. gloriosa C. resplendens C. chrysargyrea C. cupreomarginata control specimen
Source: Reflectance spectrometry, 38 mounted Chrysina specimens · Cabinet Survey 2024 Lustre · Field Atlas / 14
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