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    name: Peter Molnar
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lang: en
published: '2016-02-27T10:00:17+00:00'
tags:
- green
- contrast
- winter
- forest
- moss
- lichen
title: The impossible colours of a forest

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![](the-impossible-colours-of-a-forest.jpg)

There are certain colours you believe to be artificial, never to be
found in nature. For my surprise, some mosses and lichens have weird,
alien level colours, especially when they are combined with dull greys
and browns in a winter forest.