Dinosaur Coloration: No Longer a Mystery?

Yes I have finally tackled this totally original subject that has never been done before…totally.
Despite numerous videos already discussing this subject, I figured I’d talk about dinosaur coloration since there is a lot of interesting information within. From what cells are responsible for colors, how the cells produce said color, and of course what color dinosaurs were! I hope you all enjoyed!
Music
“Cowboy Acoustic Folk” - Infraction
“Soulwisp” - Stone Ocean
“Castles of the North” - TeknoAXE
“Sao Meo Orchestral Mix” - Doug Maxwell & Zac Zinger

[@apm77]

I've heard people speculate about the colour of sauropods, arguing that because they are so large in adulthood that there's no point even trying to blend in, they might as well go all in on colourful displays. I don't think this speculation is entirely serious, though, and obviously camouflage is essential for juvenile sauropods, but you can have fun imagining that. I wonder which dinosaurs palaeontologists would be most excited about being able to see in colour.

[@kalo8524]

Some could have had something like deer, bright white spots or something that later became brown.

[@yaruyaru]

maybe they were coloured according to the local megaflora? 🤔

[@zakaryloreto6526]

Probably only change color when sexually mature, I’d always imagine them with spots like giraffes.

[@scorpiovenator_4736]

I always said that they would be pale colors like elephants and rhinos with colorful necks and tails

[@Vallibonavenitrix]

Artist here, as someone who recently finished Jurassic june, I can say that yes most animals do have pretty generic patterns but theyre are some that have really cool patterns for referencing! Birds are a good example such as cassowaries, toucans and bitterns etc...

[@mustachetwirler7617]

I gave your video a like the moment you said this at 6:19 !

[@jeffbenton6183]

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[@dagoodboy6424]

Yeah i remember reading about archeoptryx colors. I think theres also a grey hadrosaur and brachlophosaurus which was brown n white.

[@greenghoul157]

That nodosaur fossil looks so well preserved that it looks like it's sleeping

[@greywolf7577]

In nine days, he has almost doubled his number of subscribers.

[@AustinThomasPhD]

I just came from a video where soft tissue and blood vessels were preserved in a carboniferous fish, preserving the pattern. Wild stuff.

[@badshibari6707]

Your videos are awesome! Can't wait for you to get more eyes on your videos. Awesome stuff!

[@ARandomPaleoartist]

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[@bromfoureleven5811]

Happy 4th of july!!!!!

[@Ericire2008]

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[@bkjeong4302]

TBH way too many people nowadays ignore camouflage and think dinosaurs were always insanely brilliant because “muh colour vision”. Even with Microraptor it’s important to note that it was ecologically nothing like iridescent black birds today and that its coloration might have been (in fact, probably was) for entirely different purposes.

[@ostracostio64]

Why do modern animals have that coloring?

[@bkjeong4302]

@@ostracostio64 Modern iridescent black birds are coloured that way for display. But they are also open-country, highly social omnivores, while Microraptor was a forest-living, presumably solitary carnivore far more akin to a raptor in ecology.

[@GreenPoint_one]

Its not color but wasnt their a duckbilled dinosaur with skin pattern preserved? Its not colors but its nice to look at :3

[@riotbreaker3506]

I imagine dinosaurs were pretty colorful, many animals in nature feature vivid coloration and patterns. Raccoons, tigers, cassowaries, monitors, etc. Even humans are striped, though we can't usually see them.

[@bkjeong4302]

Tigers are coloured that way for camouflage, not for display..

[@riotbreaker3506]

@@bkjeong4302 didn't say they were for display

[@bkjeong4302]

@@riotbreaker3506 Yeah but you implied that they were with your wording. Also, raccoons aren’t exactly brightly coloured: they have striking patterns but nothing especially vivid.

[@riotbreaker3506]

@@bkjeong4302 are monitors and humans vividly colored for display? My point was that all animals possess diverse colors and pattern variation. Sinosauropteryx itself had a very raccoon-like pattern

[@j.m.w.5064]

​@@bkjeong4302No, he did not imply that. It was literally said "vivid colours and patterns". And raccoons 🦝 do feature a contrasty pattern. Nobody said they are highly saturated. You're really confusing.

[@user-bb1hr7we1q]

The first dinosaur is cute😊😊😊😊