Timeline for Scientifically plausible alien species: skin pigmentation
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| Feb 13, 2023 at 14:40 | comment | added | John O | @Trish Though related, color of the blood isn't the question here. In an alien physiology, it's not even clear that the color of blood would impact the color of their integument, or that they even have blood at all. | |
| Feb 13, 2023 at 11:18 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Feb 13, 2023 at 8:46 | comment | added | Trish | @JohnO color of blood also is a result of which chemicals are responsible | |
| Feb 13, 2023 at 6:08 | comment | added | John O | You're overthinking it. For an alien world with an alien biology, the chemistry of that place can be sufficiently different to allow any color. Even bizarrely spectacular stuff via "structural coloration". On Earth, such things are relegated only to the taxons that (at some point in the past) had need to develop it (so mammals won't get bright metallic blue fur any time soon), but on your alien world anything's plausible. The only thing you might stay away from is photosynthesizing organisms, as their color does have something to do with the color of light they can absorb. | |
| Feb 12, 2023 at 23:51 | comment | added | AlexP | Why are true moles (Talpidae) black? Why are marsupial moles (Notoryctidae) creamy yellow? Why does the tricolor hognose snake have its striking color pattern, with, yes, lots of red? All those animals are fossorial, if that is what is meant by "underground". | |
| Feb 12, 2023 at 23:41 | vote | accept | Tr4c3rT0ng | ||
| Feb 12, 2023 at 23:15 | answer | added | TheDemonLord | timeline score: 4 | |
| Feb 12, 2023 at 22:58 | answer | added | Trish | timeline score: 5 | |
| S Feb 12, 2023 at 22:22 | review | First questions | |||
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| S Feb 12, 2023 at 22:22 | history | asked | Tr4c3rT0ng | CC BY-SA 4.0 |