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Highlights d Colorful bleaching is a recurring phenomenon in reef regions around the globe d Colors result from blue-light-driven host pigment upregulation following bleaching d Photoprotective host pigments in bleached tissue can aid symbiont recolonization d Colorful bleaching can be indicative of brief or mild heat and/ or nutrient stress

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