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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.

Red structural colors are rare because:

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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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