On Tue, 6 Apr 2004 16:09:22 +0000 (UTC), Tim Tyler 
wrote:

>SeeBelow{at}seebelow.nut wrote or quoted:
>
>> I have often wondered my mammals are deficient in coloration when
>> compared to birds, insects, fish & reptiles.   Mammals cannot make
>> green, nor true blue, nor true red, but only shades of brown, black &
>> white.  Why is that?
>
>Because it is not true?
>
>http://www.pims.math.ca/industrial/2003/summw/mandrill.jpg

The statement really applies to hair colors.  Many organisms can
produce structural colors including green and blue in cutaneous cells.
The picture shows skin color, not hair color.
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