How can we see coloured images with an electron microscope?

Imagine spending your whole life seeing the world in black and white, and then seeing a vase of roses in full color for the first time. That's kind of what it was like for the scientists who have taken the first multicolor images of cells using an electron microscope. read more

See the first color images produced by an electron microscope By Rachael Lallensack Nov. 3, 2016 , 12:00 PM Imagine spending your whole life seeing the world in black and white, and then seeing a vase of roses in full color for the first time. read more

Basically, because there’s no color information provided when you use an electron beam to image an object (and for some of the objects/details electron microscopes are used to see, “color” would be a meaningless term, since they’re smaller than the wavelengths of visible light). read more