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"In the study, published today in Science Advances, Rosalyn Price-Waldman and her colleagues discovered that if coloured feathers are placed over a layer of either white or black underlying feathers, their colours are enhanced."

theconversation.com/birds-use-

The ConversationBirds use hidden black and white feathers to make themselves more colourfulA secret under-layer explains why songbirds’ colourful feathers look so damn good.