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What is the rarest color in nature? - Victoria Hwang

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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.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Victoria Hwang
Director
Tamara Bogovac, Artrake Studio
Narrator
Alexandra Panzer
Storyboard Artist
Tamara Bogovac
Animator
Jovan Rakić, Tamara Bogovac
Compositor
Jovan Rakić
Art Director
Tamara Bogovac
Music
Nikola Radivojevic
Sound Designer
Nikola Radivojevic
Director of Production
Gerta Xhelo
Producer
Anna Bechtol
Associate Producer
Sazia Afrin
Editorial Director
Alex Rosenthal
Editorial Producer
Dan Kwartler
Script Editor
Emma Bryce
Fact-Checker
Eden Girma

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