This morning i learrrnedddd

@ElwoodBlues ohhhh so fluoresce is reflecting outside
light and luminescence is producing inside light?

@TryingtoLava Yeah, luminescence is producing light like a firefly; fluorescence is absorbing and re-transmitting light at a longer wavelength. "Day-glo" fluorescent paint & such materials absorb blue & violet light, then emit greenish-yellow or orange light. White LEDs use the same idea, with a blue source LED and some kind of "phosphor" mix that makes a broad spectrum of warm colors.

A fluorescent light like the old straight tubes you used to see in offices everywhere is actually an ultra-violet emitting gas, and then the inside of the tube is coated with "phosphors" that absorb and re-emit several wavelengths to make white-looking light.

OK, this is getting a little deep into the weeds at this point, but I believe the spectrum at the upper right is a "warm white" fluorescent. It really doesn't take many wavelengths to fool the eye into seeing "white."

@ElwoodBlues Thanks for the clarification @TryingtoLava Thanks for Best Comment 😁

@Thevy29 everybody gets hungry

@KiwiBird oh my fuck !
I'M TASMANIAN and I didn't know this!

I'm blowing out right now 👀

@OogieBoogie I always thought you were Taswegian and would look good in BLUE

@TrunkZ wellll they dont talk either silly sooo

In looking into this further, I discovered that they are not bioluminescent after all. Their fur has fluorescent qualities that glow under certain light conditions.

@Zaphod42 i didnt know the diff between fluoresce and luminescence till today hahah im not a scientist

@badminton yup