Now for something completely different: a chameleon quarter

pharmer

Just received this. Same quarter, same lighting orientation, just tilted slightly:



presto, change-o

relayer

Since color is just a different frequency of light, changing the angle will bend the light in a different direction.

I hope the coin "looks" more like photo #2

pharmer

You're right, it does. A bit more green, it's essentially 50/50 for "real," and I'm having a hard time getting that to image for some reason. What my eyes see just will not show up on the image, but the complete lack of red when it's all green, and the complete lack of green when it's all red, really struck me, and I thought I'd share.




Edited with closest to real image, green is actually brighter, but can't get both at once