Kew Gardens exhibit will showcase dazzling display of structural colour

An image showing iridescent butterflies, on loan from Lifescaped

Source: © Roger Wooldridge

Nanostructures that create the ‘brightest colours ever created’ will be on display at gallery

new exhibition to take place at Kew Gardens in London will showcase structural colour, a phenomenon that arises from the reflection of light from complex nanostructures. Kew says these are ‘the brightest colours ever created’, and they will be displayed from 17 May to 26 September 2021 at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art.