111 · Morpho

A morpho wing has no blue pigment in it. The blue is built from stacked shelves of clear cuticle and air, spaced a fraction of a wavelength apart — a tiny hall of mirrors that agrees only on blue and cancels the rest. Tilt the wing and the agreement shifts: blue climbs toward violet as the light takes a steeper path through the stack.

Drag left / right to tilt the wing. Let go and it sways on its own.

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tilt 0° · peak — nm