6. Colourful Or Dull?
It may be true that some dinosaurs had bright coloring on their scales or feathers, but research shows that they probably were either brown or green, or a combination of both. The coloring would have been important in order to hide among the trees and brush from predators, much like predators we know today. Some feathered dinosaurs like the anchiornis, have been found to have melanosomes, which produce coloring. It was determined that the creature has grey, black, white, and red, feathering.