X-ray analysis of the melanosomes further supported that theory.

透過 X 光分析再次支持這個理論。

These little organelles called melanosomes are associated with color.

这些小细胞器被称为黑素体，与颜色有关。

When light hits the thin front surface of a bird's hollow melanosome, some is reflected and some passes through.

当光波到达鸟类羽毛表面的中空黑色素体时，一部分光被反射回来 一部分穿过。

The melanocytes make the pigment, which is then packed into small packets of pigment called melanosomes.

黑素细胞制造色素，然后将其包装成称为黑素体的小包色素。

The melanosomes are packed together inside cells, and other factors, like how the melanosomes are arranged within the feather, also matter.

这些黑色素体会和其他因子一起挤在细胞中，还有这些黑色素体是如何在羽毛中的排列也很重要。

Well, you know what else has melanosomes?

那么，你知道还有什么有黑素体吗？

Other dark-colored fish tend to have unpigmented gaps between melanosomes.

其他深色鱼的黑素体之间往往有未着色的间隙。

And what we see is that it is composed of tiny little oblate structures called melanosomes.

我们看到它是由一种被称为黑色素体的微小扁球形结构组成的。

For example, long, skinny melanosomes make black and gray, like the black you find around cardinals' eyes.

例如， 细长的黑素体会产生黑色和灰色，就像红雀眼睛周围的黑色一样。

But to Vinther's eye, they looked like special structures that help give animals color -- melanosomes.

但在 Vinther 看来，它们看起来像是有助于赋予动物颜色的特殊结构——黑素体。