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YInMn Blue (/jɪnmɪn/; for the chemical symbols Y for yttrium, In for indium, and Mn for manganese), also known as Oregon Blue or Mas Blue, is an inorganic blue pigment that was discovered by Mas Subramanian and his (then) graduate student, Andrew Smith, at Oregon State University in 2009.
In 2009, his team discovered a novel durable blue pigment, YInMn Blue, [17] the first discovery of a new blue pigment since cobalt was discovered in 1802. [ 3 ] [ 18 ] Subramanian has given numerous public lectures all over the world on YInMn Blue, including TEDxSalem [ 19 ] and TEDxUNC . [ 20 ]
In the Renaissance, a revolution occurred in painting; artists began to paint the world as it was actually seen, with perspective, depth, shadows, and light from a single source. Artists had to adapt their use of blue to the new rules. In medieval paintings, blue was used to attract the attention of the viewer to the Virgin Mary, and identify her.
POMPEII, Italy — Buried and unseen for nearly 2,000 years, a sacred room has been unearthed at Pompeii with painted blue walls, a rare and expensive color in the Roman city.. Describing it as a ...
A breakthrough occurred in 1709 when German druggist and pigment maker Johann Jacob Diesbach discovered Prussian blue. The new blue arose from experiments involving heating dried blood with iron sulphides and was initially called Berliner Blau. By 1710 it was being used by the French painter Antoine Watteau, and later his successor Nicolas Lancret.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 December 2024. Variety of the color blue For other uses, see Shades of Blue (disambiguation). "Shade of Blue" redirects here. For the song by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, see Shade of Blue (song). For the R&B/funk band, see Shade of Blue (band). Blue Wavelength 440–490 nm Common connotations ...
Letter from Perkin's son, with a sample of dyed silk. Mauveine, also known as aniline purple and Perkin's mauve, was one of the first synthetic dyes. [1] [2] It was discovered serendipitously by William Henry Perkin in 1856 while he was attempting to synthesise the phytochemical quinine for the treatment of malaria. [3]
Blue plaque in Cable Street Section of Coal Tar Colour Works at Greenford William Perkin continued active research in organic chemistry for the rest of his life: he discovered and marketed other synthetic dyes , including Britannia Violet and Perkin's Green ; he discovered ways to make coumarin , one of the first synthetic raw materials of ...