A new color, out of the blue - The Boston Globe
A new color, out of the blue The accidental discovery and creative possibilities of the first inorganic blue pigment discovered in more than 200 years. By Viviane CallierUpdated March 5, 2021, 2:59 a.m. Email to a Friend YInMn Blue is "dense, concentrated, and highly opaque."MAS SUBRAMANIAN Envy the bright blue Morpho butterfly, the blue-rayed limpet, and the blue jay, endowed by nature with the ability to reflect light into varying shades of one of natureâs most elusive colors: blue. Humans may not be able to avail themselves of this neat trick, but thanks to the widening availability o...
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