A smudge of blue on an ordinary-looking stone has forced archaeologists to rethink what Ice Age people in Europe could see, ...
A stone artifact from near the end of the Paleolithic period was originally identified as a lamp, but new evidence suggests that it contains traces of a blue mineral called azurite. Photograph by Izzy ...
YInMn Blue, the brilliant pigment discovered in 2009 at an Oregon State University lab, is finally making its way to artists’ studios. The pigment—which is the first new blue discovered in 200 ...
Jackson Pollock was a famous American painter best known for his abstract expressionism, including the “drip and splash” and the “all-over” style of painting (which look exactly like they sound). Now ...
Something like this only happens once in a blue moon. The first new blue pigment to be discovered in the last 200 years is now for sale — but it’ll cost you a pretty penny. The shade — dubbed YInMn ...
Cerulean, azure, navy, royal … Much has been written about the color blue, the first human-made pigment. "Because blue contracts, retreats, it is the color of transcendence, leading us away in pursuit ...