What Color Are Dinosaurs? - Science ABC

Scientists determine dinosaur colors by analyzing melanosomes present in discovered fossils. Some dinosaurs were found with black feathers, while others had a rusty red color.

How we see dinosaurs has changed drastically since Hollywood made them superstars. They started as brown, green, or pale white lizard giants with rough, scaly skin roaring in the rain. We now know that many dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous, like Anchiornis huxleyi and velociraptor, actually had feathers!

We have come to associate the Tyrannosaurus Rex with a dark brown hue and Brachiosaurs with a gentle green-grey, but are those assumptions correct? Anchiornis martyniuk

An artist’s representation of Anchiornis huxleyi, is based on research revealing that it had feather colorations. (Photo Credit : Hein Nouwens/Shutterstock)

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