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The latest newsletter from the Michael Willcox School of Colour is out. It contains an article on 'YnMnBlue', revealing that a manufacturer is selling what is claimed to be the blue in a crayon - without actually using it at all. And of particular interest to oil and acrylic painters, a rather devastating dismissal of "Cadmium-free pigments".
Both are important - as its always important to realize that when artists' suppliers introduce a new product, it's not always the interests of any actual artists which figure highly in their calculations. Much more attractive to them is - profit.
https://michaelwilcoxschoolofcolour-usa.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Newsletter-February-2021.pdf
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Interesting Robert, thanks for that!
YInMn Blue (for yttrium, indium, manganese), also known as Oregon Blue, Mas Blue, or Yin Min Blue, is an inorganic blue pigment that was discovered accidentally by Professor Mas Subramanian and his then-graduate student Andrew E. Smith at Oregon State University in 2009.[sup][2][/sup][sup][3][/sup] It is the first inorganic blue pigment discovered in 114 years, since Manganese Blue was invented in 1907 and patented in 1935.[sup][4][/sup][sup][5][/sup]