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.
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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 of the pigment in