Page 43 - Allah's Artistry in Colour

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar 41

The Source of Lively Colours
Carotenoids (and lipochromes) are pigmentary molecules, which are
synthesised by plants and which reflect the colours yellow, red and orange.
Animals can obtain these pigments only by feeding on plants.
Poisonous sponges, crinoidea, toxic sea-cucumbers and some molluscs
are either partly or completely yellow, red or orange in colour as a result of
carotenoids, which are also present in the yellow parts of butterflies' wings
and in the beaks of birds. In certain insects, these are emitted by special
glands, which are yellow or red in colour. Curiously, these compounds are
usually pale green or even colourless and only take on a bright yellow colour
in the blood of poisonous insects. The carotenoids are not only useful as
warning coloration; in some insects they are themselves transformed into
poisonous compounds, in which case they serve a twofold purpose of being
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both a weapon and a signal. By means of this very special system that Allah
has created, many living beings continue to thrive.
Thus far, we have briefly examined only a few types of pigment exist-
ing in nature. The conclusion we have reached in light of this review is the
presence of the perfect design that reveals itself in pigments, in the atoms
forming these pigments and in all the resulting colours. Allah, the ultimate
Owner of this exceptional design, Lord of the worlds, introduces Himself to
us by the unique artistry in the colours He creates in nature.
Have they not travelled about the earth and do they not have hearts to under-
stand with or ears to hear with? It is not their eyes which are blind but the
hearts in their
breasts which re
blind. (Suratal-
Hajj: 46)

The sources of the
lively colours present
in the beaks of tou-
cans are also pigmen-
tary molecules.