A color shifting security device comprising: a first layer having a microstructured surface; a planar second layer; a dielectric conforming layer and a dielectric non-conforming layer disposed between the first layer and the second layer, the dielectric conforming layer having a surface contacting and complementary with the microstructured surface of the first layer, the dielectric non-conforming layer is a low refractive index polymer layer which is combined with a high refractive index inorganic dielectric material, and formed from an infill non-conforming dielectric material able to fill in grooves within the dielectric conforming layer to form the non-conforming dielectric layer and to form a planar surface over a continuous region of the microstructured surface; and a substrate supporting the first layer, wherein the substrate has microstructures corresponding to the microstructured surface of the first layer, wherein the first layer is a reflector layer, wherein the second layer is an absorbing layer, and wherein a cross section of the dielectric non-conforming layer has a varying thickness such that at least one region is substantially thicker than a thinner adjacent region of said layer, and wherein a visible color difference is seen when viewing the filter through the one region and the adjacent region from a same location simultaneously when light is incident upon the filter, wherein the substrate is respectively coated with the first layer, the conforming dielectric layer, the non-conforming dielectric layer, and the second layer, wherein the first layer, the second layer and the dielectric non-conforming layer, together form a Fabry-Perot cavity, and wherein the microstructures define a logo or discernible indicia. a first layer having a microstructured surface; a planar second layer; a dielectric conforming layer and a dielectric non-conforming layer disposed between the first layer and the second layer, the dielectric conforming layer having a surface contacting and complementary with the microstructured surface of the first layer, the dielectric non-conforming layer is a low refractive index polymer layer which is combined with a high refractive index inorganic dielectric material, and formed from an infill non-conforming dielectric material able to fill in grooves within the dielectric conforming layer to form the non-conforming dielectric layer and to form a planar surface over a continuous region of the microstructured surface; and a substrate supporting the first layer, wherein the substrate has microstructures corresponding to the microstructured surface of the first layer, wherein the first layer is a reflector layer, wherein the second layer is an absorbing layer, and wherein a cross section of the dielectric non-conforming layer has a varying thickness such that at least one region is substantially thicker than a thinner adjacent region of said layer, and wherein a visible color difference is seen when viewing the filter through the one region and the adjacent region from a same location simultaneously when light is incident upon the filter, wherein the substrate is respectively coated with the first layer, the conforming dielectric layer, the non-conforming dielectric layer, and the second layer, wherein the first layer, the second layer and the dielectric non-conforming layer, together form a Fabry-Perot cavity, and wherein the microstructures define a logo or discernible indicia.