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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

 

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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 :)

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Steve Surfaro
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inkstainedruth Ancient Artifact

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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

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Steve, we miss you!

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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And here is the article.

 

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

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

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“Them as can do has to do for them as can’t.


And someone has to speak up for them as has no voices.”


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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.

 

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Nice color!

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IrishEyes Extremely Rare

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

"In the end, only kindness matters."

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

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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 :-).

"In the end, only kindness matters."

 

 

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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

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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.

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