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I now have an "all day Indiglo" Timex watch. I understand how the "Indiglo" part works; it's an electroluminescent panel that makes the green glow that is also seen on watches that Timex labels just "Indiglo". The "all day Indiglo" watches have a background whose color changes depending on the incident angle of the illuminating light as well as the viewing direction, and can range from gold to green to blue. This is apparently a passive mechanism unlike the electroluminescent panel. My question is, through what physical processes are they able to get this dependence of color on the two angles I mentioned, and, in general, how does it work? Is it a diffraction grating like a hologram, or something else? Thanks!
Re: How does the 'all day' part of 'all day Indiglo' work?
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