Incredible Facts About Color in Nature | SciShow Compilation

There is so much more to the colors of the natural world than meets the eye! Sometimes, the color of something in nature has nothing to do with beauty and everything to do with science! Join Hank for a showcase of a few of our episodes all about coloration! Let's go!
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Original Episodes:
3 of the World’s Most Intensely-Colored Living Things
• 3 of the World's Most ...
Why Aren’t Mammals More Colorful?
• Why Aren't Mammals Mor...
The Horrible Reason Rollie Pollies Are Sometimes Blue
• The Horrible Reason Ro...
The Unique Reason Reindeer Change Their Eye Color
• The Unique Reason Rein...
The Delightful Mutation Behind Siamese Cats
• The Delightful Mutatio...

[@muvhusiningimmbara]

One thing I've always been bitter about is that the visible colour spectrum is so small. But listening to this video helped alleviate that bitterness just a little bit. Thanks, SciShow!

[@Verysx]

You are bitter about… the spectrum of colors?

[@muvhusiningimmbara]

@@Verysx yes VERY

[@Verysx]

@@muvhusiningimmbaraoh ok

[@AlexWalkerSmith]

I love SciShow compilations! Single episodes are great for interesting tidbits, but the compilations help connect those tidbits to create well-rounded general knowledge about a subject. Plus, I've usually seen the episodes they contain, so it's a refresher that helps solidify the knowledge in my head. Long live SciShow!

[@joshuastreet8664]

That Siamese cat fact is actually so flipping cool! Colors are amazing!

[@quocbaodoan7678]

11:05 "Their dna is still stuck in nighttime.." that is how you describe lots of my friends

[@brianb4816]

Olivia’s segment really got me thinking differently about being a night owl as well as how some of us (myself included) add color to our bodies through tattoos. Super thought provoking.

[@GoingtoHecq]

When can we use genetics to give us bird eyes? Like, either through genetic augmentation or growing them for transplantation? I'll accept cybernetics too.

[@taritangeo4948]

Hard part is make our brains to see them colors

[@snippycutwell9878]

I would get some but just to eat...

[@JamesDavy2009]

@@taritangeo4948 Not wrong there - a computer can generate more colours in 32 bits than the human brain can perceive from our eyes.

[@jorgerocha9315]

Try some psychedelics lol you'll see colors you'd never thought were possible

[@inthewoods5494]

The eyes aren’t exactly the issue, it has a lot to do with the brain too:

[@samanthapateman8054]

Just wanted to say thank you for all your hard work, this channel has kept me entertained when I most needed it but more importantly kept me wanting to learn new things. I’m hoping to keep my brain as young and healthy with your help. Hope you all at SciShow and sister shows have a wonderful day.

[@terrafirma5327]

Some humans have tetrachromacy but many never realize it because we have designed our world with colors intended for trichromacy. Even though someone with a fouth cone can see 100x more colors than someone with three cones, it doesn't matter too much in most situations. I still want it though.

[@terrafirma5327]

@@Mileys_choice Haha yeah, there is one artist out there who paints what she sees when she looks at a leaf (including shades of purple) and the world as a whole. Its very interesting.

[@avani_tak]

@@terrafirma5327 namee??

[@terrafirma5327]

@@avani_tak Concetta Antico

[@heidihonn5062]

@@terrafirma5327 o

[@heidihonn5062]

Mkmimmik

[@Thoran666]

Over 24 minutes of colors? Time to grab a cold one, sit back and be amazed.

[@DLJames-gf1xr]

11:40 Rollie Polys come in a variety of colors and Morphs, far from just gray or brown. For making that mistake I demand a whole video on Isopods.

[@jesuscrust7024]

I second. But isnt that what Eon is about? 😁

[@theturniptress805]

Its nearly 4 am .I can hear peacocks in the distance and I just saw the thumbnail of this video. Interesting coincidence.

[@Ronaldo-vs3uh]

0:20 Im looking for a creature that can create wormholes

[@SoneAteForTwo]

And I'm looking for one that walks with it's nose

[@boterlettersukkel]

They are called worms.

[@Ronaldo-vs3uh]

@@boterlettersukkel 🤔

[@frogz]

@@boterlettersukkel why not nematodes?!

[@BertGrink]

@@boterlettersukkel Upvote for the HHGTTG reference

[@mikerich32]

22:35 "in a cat, this means the *face, limbs, and tail* are just a few degrees cooler compared to the rest of the animal's body" You seem to have left out a body part from that list that I can clearly see lmao

[@rgbii2]

Came to the comments to see if anyone had already posted this :)

[@meltheredcap6307]

BALLS

[@zumeybear6883]

I know exactly which one because someone posted a thermo photo of a kitty in on of my cat groups.. I know exactly which part 🤣🤣

[@kenlieck7756]

Top this for weirdly colorful: I was cleaning out an old shed and among the zillions of rat turds therein, I found several hundred that were an incredibly bright neon yellow, like the color of a safety vest only more intense. Never was able to discover any clues what was up with the dayglo "party poop"...

[@JTA1961]

RATical man

[@LEDewey_MD]

"Mittens on your kittens"....did you plan to say that?! LOL!

[@christopherpasta344]

I wonder if we could artificially replicate the reflective qualities of that marble berry skin. It’s beautiful! Imagine it on jewelry or even as an aesthetic safety accent on a boat or car. The fact that it’s organic and relatively edible makes me think no lol

[@sailor5853]

Of course we can. We can even do better with our understanding of light.

[@GoingtoHecq]

We can already imitate it with some technology, but it can be expensive and is often flat. Either way iridescence can be done cheaply with plastic or expensively with silicon foundries. It's not super hard

[@callabeth258]

Christopher Pasta they remind me of my blue fake pearl earrings

[@nathanlevesque7812]

opals are still better

[@christopherpasta344]

Nathan Levesque I love Opals! From Coober Pedy Australia to Ethiopian. From the relatively rare harlequin pattern to the more common. Entire underground towns are dedicated to mining these. Definitely one of my favorite gemstones!

[@josuemartinez7687]

Peacock feathers: LOOK IN MY EYES! WHAT DO YOU SEE? THE CULT OF PERSONALITY!

[@silentwisdom7025]

Love that song!👍

[@uncleant3780]

I'm every person you need to be Oh, I'm the cult of personality

[@changeeyecolor3891]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@DaremoTen]

I love their cover of 'Little Annie's Prayer'! Wait, not that Living Colour?

[@cen7ury]

Nah, B. Homey don't play that. ...wait, not that In Living Color?

[@brad885]

I have 20/15 vision, can see better in the dark than everyone I've ever met, but I'm colorblind. I always wondered what was different in my vision than most people.

[@LimeyLassen]

What type of colorblind?

[@brad885]

@@LimeyLassen red green. To me, in the dark is pretty much black and white. Not sure if it's a behavioral compensation or if it's a mutation, but it definitely helps.

[@DeathDealer_1021]

Nice, I have normal color vision but last time I went to the optometrist (which was like 3 years ago Tbf) I was told I had 40/20 vision. Honestly doesn't make much of a difference up close but I can read stuff that's really small if I try hard enough o that's cool

[@salinastraightedge]

I'm blown away by the Siamese cat coloration too! So cool! 🤯

[@Eneov]

Miss you Olivia ❤

[@cristianvillanueva8782]

I miss her too. I couldn't find the last episode with her, or if their was a Farwell I totally missed it. Big sad.

[@D0wNhiLL]

@@cristianvillanueva8782 I watched it, she basically said nothing until the end of the video where she briefly mentioned she is stepping down from SciShow. Kinda weird Edit: her farewell is in the end of the video ""Why Are Pandas Black and White ?" // uploaded 1 month ago

[@HendoGaming90]

Seeing her made me sad!! I hope she is doing well. :C

[@xGrawk]

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[@Halfrightfox]

I miss her too

[@crystalbell1598]

Temperature? That is really interesting. I love this compilation. I had no idea how important an animals color can be. Mind blown.

[@TheCuriousGuyYT]

*Fun Facts about Colour* : 1. Red is the first colour a baby sees ! 2. Colour blind people have better night vision ! (I make videos on interesting topics 😉)

[@mosillestshuffler]

That only represents the spectrum of color their eyes have the ability to process most easily. If we lived in a black and white world all of a sudden they would have the slightest adjustment. to change our eye would be hard ours are hardwired differently.

[@mosillestshuffler]

#HumansAreAmazing

[@dustinosler4118]

Random but I deduce that you're from somewhere in Europe, probably the UK? Sorry I'm stoned and I noticed how you spell color. Cheers!

[@PiLLbOt100]

Dont advertise on other peoples channels. Its tacky.

[@silentwisdom7025]

Lateralus by tool has a perfect verse for this line of thought.

[@firstlast-cs6eg]

Siamese cats could also benefit from that mutation. Darker colors absorb and thus heat easier. The parts of the body that are cooler need heat more and conveniently are a darker color and if this color change keeps happening, conveniently adaptable according to environmental circumstances.

[@thewill9847]

Sci show pleaz hold out for a few years so when I get my doctorate and finally make money I can donate to you guys.

[@RobertSzasz]

so a little kitty backpack with some cooling could make for arbitrary patterns?

[@NeshaeSerpentine]

As someone who has s slight blurry vision to night vision tradeoff I have to day I'm on the fence about how worth it it is. On one hand, I can see during the night well enough to get around, often without a flashlight if I'm outside. However it isn't good enough to find something I've dropped on the ground, and frankly, though it works a little bit better, neither is the day vision. So life tends to be frustrating any time I need yo find something I dropped or if someone wants to show me something from across the room but if something happens where I have to be sneaky and use the dark to my advantage I'm confident it might come in handy.

[@saffronevans3665]

This ep came out just as I started my Biology of Colour module, what a lovely coincidence

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

1:08 Perfection, this is what happens when you become one with the bird. Everybody knows that the bird is the word!

[@danielm5535]

My favorite colorful creature is the Sabethes Cyaneus mosquito (there is no common name for it). Its body refracts light so that it reflects nearly the whole rainbow- like a prismatic mosquito. The forelegs have feather-like structures which are also similarly refractive. They’re pretty creepy/cool!

[@coalx1167]

my favourite is the white lipped python!

[@sailor5853]

You gave what you promised, the siamese cat blowed my mind. I think I thought something similar when I was really young and used to play with little kittens.

[@AGDinCA]

The deep sea isopods (rollie pollies) are a beautiful purplish color. Oh, and they are HUGE!

[@mr.evasion]

0:45 no colors out there color is all in the mind

[@LeatherNeck1833]

Short answer...Yes. Color is Light yet light has no color.😱 Cones (in the eye) are required for "seeing" color. No cones = no color perception.

[@summerbrooks9922]

Secondary colors remain illusions. The yellow and blue of green are not premixed. We mix them in our eyes and brains. So, green, purple and orange are illusions created by our brains.

[@kimbratton9620]

Scishow, this was awesome, I loved it!!! A very colorful episode indeed!!!

[@nilstrobaggia735]

Olivia is cool

[@javie5080]

"rolly blu-ies". this is why I love you guys

[@wiseferret4745]

In pigment black is the combination of all color and white is the absence, but in pixel black is the absence of color, and white is the combination. Light is weird.

[@Angel_Billy4-30-23]

Damn man, I can't believe how early I am. I'm never this early for a video. But anyway, great video. Pretty interesting. I love how I always learn something new from watching your videos, thank you.

[@nicololoi6765]

Living color’s bizzarre adventure

[@1erikleed]

Excellent compilation. Thanks!

[@boothyofbooty4041]

You guys have gotta keep doing the compilations

[@osmia]

My fav compilation . . . so far

[@pamelamays4186]

The Bizarre World Of Living Color: When the Wayans were less featured.

[@lohphat]

Welcome to Men on Colors where we review the Pantone Matching System from a particularly male point of view... I give PMS 232 TWO SNAPS UP!

[@johanneshalberstadt3663]

The blue in human blue eyes is also mostly structural color.

[@missshroom5512]

A lot of people that have seen Sasquatch say some are the blackest black they have ever seen…absorbed all light…pretty cool! 💙🌎❤️

[@jambosuss]

I had to: Living Colour is an American rock band from New York City, formed in 1984. The band currently consists of guitarist Vernon Reid, lead vocalist Corey Glover, drummer Will Calhoun and bassist Doug Wimbish, who replaced Muzz Skillings in 1992.

[@pierreabbat6157]

Siamese cats have a mewtation.

[@redhammer5783]

Love this channel!

[@jakobraahauge7299]

Off goes the heavy Guns! A Green, the lovely Kallie, and the "It's Ok To Be Smart -" guy! What a happy night (Berlin time - love from Denmark! ❤️)

[@jakobraahauge7299]

And please bring back Olivia! I know I was harsh on her - but that pronunciation was just so alien to me until I learned to appreciate her lovely way of using her voice 😖

[@sofuckinstoked]

Love this! But i gotta say that black is NOT the absence of color, it IS the absence of light

[@SpikedHairVSGravity]

I’m with your dad on that last one. Super cool.

[@peteraschubert]

Sci Show presenters all come in dull drab colours - living the message!

[@kateajurors8640]

I love the3 way they explain the cones difference in mammal and what colors they may not see 6:30

[@hugoiwata]

Vivid is such a great album

[@charlietuba]

Cats aren't great if you are allergic. A friend of mine said that the allergy to cats is to their saliva, so you need to cut off their tongue so they can't lick their fur. (Don't do that, just avoid cats instead.)

[@NyghtWolf]

@7:18 about the colorful mammals.. the Indian Giant Squirrel would like a word lol

[@steveozone4910]

Open your eyes and you will see. The cult of personality.

[@silentwisdom7025]

Lateralus by tool, lyrics man let em mean something again

[@enderoftime2530]

I love how unabashedly biased towards cats Hank is!

[@Krishach]

Color is a human construct defined by our vision. Electromagnetic wavelengths perceived by our eye are an interplay of light source as well as reflectance: view a classic Coca-Cola can under a red light and it appears solid red (thank you Dr Tyson), but those wavelengths aren't "color." The description is entirely contextual; thus the reason that many cultures had disagreements over what colors were distinct enough to name in the first place. And you can completely overhaul the perception of color in a closed environment by simply swapping out the light bulbs. The wavelengths of photons are not color. Ask a film development lab what color something is, and you'll be asked under what conditions you mean.

[@VegaHawk769]

For the reindeer eyes portion From personal experience I would say you do / can gain some night vision by sacrificing some clarity

[@HauntingBull]

Awesome about the kitty coloration. And very odd.

[@robertfindley921]

That's some wild stuff! You could have added something on frogs.

[@publicpitchblendeorg]

Hank, love ya rocking a stack/gotee

[@Nuckabuc]

You walk on the moon float like a balloon You see it's never too late and it's never too soon Take it from me where it's ight' to be (In Living Color) And how would you feel knowin' prejudice was obsolete And all 🦄🐉kind danced to the exact beat And at night it was safe to walk down the habitat (In Living Color)

[@Sxcheschka]

I'm knitting a rainbow coloured baby hat as I watch this video, laughing to myself.

[@urquizabr]

This is a linguistic class of nature. 💙

[@KingKing-ny2ew]

9:17 Just because they can see better you can't conclude it's the reason *Correlation does not imply causation*

[@ImDemonAlchemist]

I have white patches on my skin that seem to grow (or at least become more noticeable) only in the summer, could that be connected to Tyrosinase? Obviously, it could also just be that the normal skin tans a bit and that makes the skin with less melanin more noticeable, but idk.

[@EyesOfByes]

Is anyone else getting a bug where time stamps from the previous video are present?

[@literallylegendary6594]

♩ "So Dang Dark" is a song by Rhett and Link ♩

[@Rien--]

daily reminder: ancient romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste

[@cristianvillanueva8782]

And as detergent for their clothes 🤢🤮

[@chimponkoman]

Yeah cuz its one of the only easy and readily available sources of ammonia

[@christelheadington1136]

Ancient Romans also got a kick out of feeding Christians to lions, what's your point ?

[@e.regular3501]

18:36 .... Was that Rhett & Link reference?

[@catcando1131]

Guys, do an episode on terrestrial isopods. They come in far more colors than neutrals.

[@chiphog]

Regarding that cartoon of the reindeer with glasses. Surely that wouldn't help, because the scattering is happening after the light has entered the eyes?

[@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647]

Again I was lied to in the 70s science.

[@AramatiPaz]

6:30 yesterday was watching Heaven's Desing Team and in the end of the own part "I make it in the same color pattern as horses" Kkk a bird colored like a mammal

[@Ktulu789]

22:35 Sure, legs, tail, nose and ears... but no one is gonna talk about the cat's balls? xD Those seem to be colder too.

[@k4kayas]

I'm so lucky to have a pair of healthy eyesights 👁️👃🏼👁️

[@motthoople7322]

I loved this video but I have to admit, I came here thinking I was going to be seeing sketch comedy by the Wayans Brothers and Tommy Davidson.

[@davidrumpler5528]

At 7:14 "Us mammals tend to be less colorful..." Why "Us"?...it should be "We" (subject, not object)--cf. We are less colorful

[@dallasoch4040]

I had a large male siamese cat who often got into cat fights. Once he got a huge wound on his side/hip & it got infected etc but once it all healed up his fur grew in dark in that area.

[@ZaDussault]

Probably because it left a scar and there was less blood vessels in the area to heat it up!

[@NinjaOnANinja]

You can do what you want to do, in

[@bletz421]

I never new about siaomes cats that is awesome I need a baby cat asap

[@pheart2381]

Adopt,dont shop!

[@dylanhicks48]

23:24 Charlie Kelly was right! Kittens do need mittens!

[@LeLooFreak]

The squinting rat art is 😙👌

[@pattifeit4354]

Olivia:"It makes less sense to flash bright colors if other members of your species can't see them." Then please explain fish, some crustaceans, and cephalopods, some of whom live in depths that little or no light penetrates. I dove in a submarine which had picture cards to help people identify the creatures they were seeing outside. Most of the fish out there were drab shades of blue, but they matched their "mug shots" pretty well. When we surfaced, our tour guide told us to look again at the cards, which now shone with glorious colors in all the shades we can see. So what gives? If the fish and octopuses can't see these colors, why do they have them??

[@pupperemeritus9189]

We forgot to turn off dark mode

[@veggiestew9127]

I've never seen a pointed cat's balls before so I never even thought about the fact that they're also dark!

[@theshadow2803]

3:33 that's a strange looking bird.

[@teepose3862]

*one millionth joke about enjoying the video but not understanding it*

[@thestarjoshuatumelosenga6837]

I think your next video should talk about the tropical rain belt(I am not demanding it , I am begging please please please)

[@chicknc5165]

Awe. Those 🦌 don't want your glasses, they want that amanita muscaria.

[@victoriaeads6126]

Thumbnail shows peacock eye feather. Video doesn't even MENTION peafowl. Le Sigh. For such an iconic bird, peafowl are often neglected in these conversations. Their feathers have amazing structures to create those gorgeous colors. It's why even the thumbnail for this video can't hold a candle to the feathers my pea babies grow each season, the photo can't capture the depth and variety of tones.

[@grey_wolf_tg2235]

Is there a way to simulate that fourth cone color?

[@matthewcalifana488]

I had to laugh i remember a tv show where a man with a Thick english accent says: I Am Your Host !

[@minnymouse4753]

Rudolph the red eyed rain deer

[@theregalreptile3953]

Rolly Blues!

[@hydrolito]

They invented Flashlight to see better at night. Although farthest away things you see at night are stars which don't need Flash light to see.

[@lisamoore6804]

We'll have to ask Charlie for some kitten mittens.

[@richdobbs6595]

Olivia from the past!

[@robindeboer7568]

So, what if you keep Siamese cats in a colder room for a while after theyre born? Do they get thigh highs instead of mittens? if they spend long enough at a warmer temperature again, will the brown shrink back to normal?