Reaction-Diffusion Patterns
Patterns generated by two virtual chemicals that react and spread, forming spots, stripes and labyrinths. Alan Turing proposed the underlying theory in 1952, and graphics researchers adapted it to synthesize organic textures in the early 1990s.
Spot it
- 01Labyrinth stripe patterns
- 02Organic spotted textures
- 03Coral-like branching
Why it happens
One chemical activates and feeds itself while a faster-diffusing partner inhibits it, and the competition leaves stable spots, stripes or mazes across the surface.
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