Tecno introduces Chameleon Colour-Changing Technology at MWC

Tecno introduced its new Chameleon Coloring Technology at the Mobile World Congress (MWC). When embedded in a device such as the back of a smartphone, it can produce a wide range of color patterns at the touch of a button.

The Chameleon Coloring Technology is a full-spectrum electrically controlled prism coloring technology. It uses a grid of sub-micron prism material that changes direction when an electric field is applied. By precisely controlling the direction of the prism, the material can scatter light in multiple different wavelengths, appearing a wide variety of rainbow colors.

Tecno introduces Chameleon Colour-Changing Technology at MWC

It is worth noting that the material is not a display and does not produce light. However, it scatters light from the surface producing colors.

The device software can manually control the placement of the submicron prism. You can manually choose from a total of 1600 different colors or possibly change automatically based on battery status, music or notifications. This can be done up to 2 million times, making it quite durable even with multiple changes over the course of a day.

The material can change color in 0.03 seconds. It also has negligible power consumption, with 100 changes over the course of a day requiring as much power as watching a 5 minute video.

This isn’t the first time the company has introduced a color changing back. Last year, the company introduced the Techno Camon 19 Pro Mondrian Edition. The back panel uses polychromatic photoisomer technology that changes color when exposed to the UV rays of sunlight.

It is currently unclear in which phone the company will bring this technology. Hopefully we will get this technology in smartphones soon.

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