To celebrate the fifth International Day of Colour and Light on March 21st, the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology (ANSTO) assigned crystal structures to the colors of Newton’s spectrum. The banner graphically represents the structures that were selected to represent each color. Check out the ANSTO site to see why they were chosen. Fascinating choices – especially the GFP’s!
Red – Oxygen
Orange – Crocite
Yellow- Sulfur
Green- Green Fluorescent Proteins
Blue- Azurite
Indigo- Maya Blue
(Palagorskite and Anil)
Violet – Tyrian Purple
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