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Without its Glamour and Glitz
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The brilliant color of a hummingbird's throat is created by structural coloration. Meaning that light passing through a thin layer of the feather is bent creating the iridescent color. When the light does not strike the feather at the right angle there is no color or black. The green of the body feathers is created by bending light as well.

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