Flowers produce variations in color saturation by arranging petals at oblique and varying angles

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 825-830

  Eckert, Michael P ^a   Carter, Gregory A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b STENNIS SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLOR; PLANT;

COLOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS;

LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIOMETERS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SPECTROMETERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

COLOR SATURATION;

COLOR;

EID: 0034185716     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.000825     Document Type: Article

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