all dinosaurs i've seen depicts them as brown or green. Is that cuz most lizards are this way or do they have actual proof of skin color? I doubt fossil records show this.
2007-01-19 05:59:20 · 3 answers · asked by kenny l 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
There is no way of knowing for sure.
The skin colours of modern lizards are helpful in guessing what sort of colours a dinosaur might have been.
Also, they try to consider what sort of creature it was, and what sort of environment the dinosaur would have lived in. Most animals are coloured to blend in somewhat with their surroundings - this is especially true of predators or fairly defenseless animals. Bright colours, on the other hand, often indicate a prey animal which has some sort of poison or bad taste to make it undesirable to predators.
2007-01-19 06:04:54 · answer #1 · answered by computerguy103 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They don't. Any artistic renderings are based on what we know of animal (not just reptile) coloring and diversity today and could best be described as artistic license.
Some of the cooler depictions I've seen give the dinosaurs stripes and even feathers (although this has been confirmed on a few at least).
2007-01-19 06:36:11 · answer #2 · answered by gebobs 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is based on current reptiles. Even it a preserved skin fragment were found, there is no way to know it the color wasn't altered with age.
2007-01-19 06:05:03 · answer #3 · answered by novangelis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋