The brightly fluorescing regions
revealed under ultraviolet light would have been darkly pigmented in life (bottom row).
Not exact matches
By placing these fossils
under ultraviolet (UV)
light, the organic matter remaining in the shells fluoresces,
revealing the original coloration patterns of the once living animals.
One painting, owned by the Tate, is shown alongside close - up photographs of details seen
under ultraviolet light,
revealing the complex layerings and reworkings the artist subjected his work to.