coloration
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In response, crews reportedly used hydrogen peroxide treatments to address water quality issues, restoring just the outer rim of the pool to its blue coloration while leaving other areas still very green in appearance.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026
The newly described species include S. arabicus and S. somalicus, named after the regions where they were found, and S. speciosus, which takes its name from its vivid and attractive coloration.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 6, 2026
Instead, it results from structural coloration, which occurs when light interacts with tiny structures at the nanoscale.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 9, 2026
And yet atollas gain their reddish coloration from pigments called porphyrins, which don’t absorb blue light all that well and which, if exposed to bright light, emit toxins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
In the process, Neylan’s political coloration rubbed off on Ernest, too.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
