One of the hardest colors to make is not just blue—it's actually cerulean

The Devil Wears Prada made a cerulean sweater a moment in fashion history. But its scientific history is much older, and more ...
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"Egyptian Blue" Was A Color Lost To History. Finally, We Can Make It Again

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...
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OSU researchers whose vivid blue made color history advance pigment chemistry with moon-inspired reddish magentas

CORVALLIS, Oregon (KTVZ) – An Oregon State University researcher who made color history in 2009 with a vivid blue pigment has developed durable, reddish magentas inspired by lunar mineralogy and ...
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This striking blue made pigment history. Could red be next?

Lightning first struck Mas Subramanian over 15 years ago. When he and his graduate student Andrew Smith put a mixture of rather mundane powders into the lab oven at Oregon State University, the pair ...