"new" Blue Discovered

[stevesurf]

Yttrium + Indium + Manganese = the new YInMn blue discovered by Oregon State University - fade resistant and beautiful!

 

http://www.m-x.com.mx/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/blue.jpg

 

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/06/29/14/35C8CDA000000578-0-image-a-33_1467206414670.jpg

http://www.updateordie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/shutterstock_109562510.jpg

 

Ok now, you may commence posting how you've been using it all along

[mulrich]

I'm not an ink expert (ink sommelier?) but my first thought was Asa-gao or a sapphire. I like it.

[Fabienne]

Bay. State. Blue.

[inkstainedruth]

Bay. State. Blue.

 

That's the first thing I thought when someone else posted the article link! Just seeing that pile of pigment powder....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[amberleadavis]

Steve, we miss you!

[amberleadavis]

http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_640x430/public/newblue.jpg

[amberleadavis]

And here is the article.

 

http://mentalfloss.com/article/82177/scientists-accidentally-discover-new-shade-blue

[dcwaites]

Dr. Ph. Martin or Kevin of Blackstone could make a supercharged pigment blue with this one...

[stevesurf]

Steve, we miss you!

I miss u n me too http://cdn1.indie88cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Cookie_Monster.png

[encremental]

First Vantablack, and now YInMn blue - there hasn't been this amount of excitement in the world of colour since Dayglo in the 1940s! Finding new colours is such a strange idea.

 

John

[PAKMAN]

Nice color!

[IrishEyes]

I LOVE this blue! Is there a way for anyone to get their hands on it? I "need" this :-)!

[Cyber6]

I LOVE this blue! Is there a way for anyone to get their hands on it? I "need" this :-)!

 

 

You can get Baystate Blue.... is extremely close.

 

 

 

C.

[IrishEyes]

 

 

You can get Baystate Blue.... is extremely close.

 

 

 

C.

 

I have BSB. It's my favorite "true blue" ink, which I use in a cheap Dollar pen so that staining the pen isn't an issue. Maybe that's why I like the color in this thread so much--it reminds me of Bay State Blue :-).

[stevesurf]

I LOVE this blue! Is there a way for anyone to get their hands on it? I "need" this :-)!

 

Hi there - after reading further, the company that is licensing it says it is so expensive to make that they are estimating $1K per kg! Here's the company that bought the rights:

http://www.shepherdcolor.com/news/Articles/Archives/2016/07/Shepherd-Color-is-Partnering-with-Oregon-State-University-Chemist-Mas-Subramanian-and-His-Team-to-B.aspx

 

http://www.shepherdcolor.com/images/YInMn2.png

[dcwaites]

 

Hi there - after reading further, the company that is licensing it says it is so expensive to make that they are estimating $1K per kg!

 

Saffron, OTOH, varies from $13,000 to $35,000 per kg.

 

However, that's $1 / gram. You'd only have one or two grams of the pigment in a standard bottle of ink, so it wouldn't be a significant part of the costs of the ink.

[mulrich]

I guess I don't understand enough about pigments to know why this is considered "new".

[Rednaxela]

Interesting story, thanks for sharing!