we know what color(s) the feathers were..........

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Ok.  Here's mind-bending fact number two from Dinos 101: Dinosaur Paleobiology for today.  For some species of feathered dinosaur, we know what color(s) the feathers were.  (!!!!!)

Feathers in modern birds have eumelanosomes, which are associated with the color of those feathers.  Shape and arrangement of eumelanosomes let scientists determine which feathers are black, gray, brown, reddish-brown, or white.  (I don't know what the scoop is on other colors.)

They have been able to see enough eumelanosomes in dino feathers to determine the color of those feathers, for a few species.  For example, "the four-winged dromeosaur Microraptor was glossy black."

Isn't this amazing?  That we know they had feathers is amazing, and knowing what color those feathers were........................  Wow.

Now, just in case you were wondering,"So far, we have no clue what color dinosaur skin may have been."

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