Created 5,000 years ago, the mysterious color has been found on artworks and artifacts throughout the ancient world. But the ...

Major players in the synthetic pigments market are BASF SE, Archroma, DyStar, Huntsman, Clariant, Synthesia, Cromatos, Atul, Waterside colors, and DIC Corp. The global synthetic pigments market ...

A team of Washington State University-led researchers has recreated the world's oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian blue, which was used in ancient Egypt about 5,000 years ago.

Washington State University researchers advanced archaeology and conservation science by recreating the world’s oldest synthetic pigment, Egyptian blue. In collaboration with Carnegie Museum of ...

Food companies that once relied on synthetic dyes for cost and convenience are now facing a different reality: transparency, ...

For being the world’s oldest known synthetic pigment, the original recipes for Egyptian blue remain a mystery. The approximately 5,000-year-old dye wasn’t a single color, but instead ...

Subramanian had created the first new synthetic blue pigment since cobalt blue two centuries before. The chemist called the new pigment YInMn (pronounced “yin-min”) blue.

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Researchers have recreated the world's oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian blue, which was used in ancient Egypt about 5,000 years ago.

Archaeologists in Rome have discovered beautiful, ancient paint—but not just any paint. Known as “Egyptian Blue,” it’s among the oldest synthetic pigments in the world, with the newly ...

A team of Washington State University-led researchers has recreated the world's oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian blue, which was used in ancient Egypt about 5,000 years ago.