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Colored photovoltaics (PV) is a innovative solar energy technology which is a method of generating electrical power by converting solar radiation into direct current electricity using semiconductors that exhibit the photovoltaic effect. Colored PV power generation employs solar panels composed of a number of colored solar cells containing a photovoltaic material. Materials presently used for colored photovoltaics include monocrystalline silicon, and polycrystalline silicon. In 2012 colored photovoltaics was an innovative approach by the company Colored Solar in Ventura, California to blend colored solar panels into historic and architectural sensitive buildings to disguise their appearance. In 2011 this was the first colored PV technology which was tested at the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Labratories, National Center for Photovoltaics