The first blue pigment discovered in 200 years is now commercially available
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Re: The first blue pigment discovered in 200 years is now commercially available
#2"The pigment--which is the first new blue discovered in 200 years--was finally approved by the EPA for use in artists' materials last May."
The EPA under the Trump administration.[1][2][3][4]
I'd take a wait-and-see approach on this one.
Not to mention that there are so many great colors that have seen hundreds of years of human use.. as opposed to this one, which has seen zero.
[1] - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/climate/epa-trump-biden.h...
[2] - https://apnews.com/article/politics-science-environment-e0c8...
[3] - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-trump-administratio...
[4] - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/how-the-trump-administ...
Re: The first blue pigment discovered in 200 years is now commercially available
#3This is an area that I know absolutely nothing about, so the notion that new pigments are being created is fascinating to me. I’ve never really considered pigments and the chemicals used to make all of these colors.
Re: The first blue pigment discovered in 200 years is now commercially available
#4"The pigment--which is the first new blue discovered in 200 years--was finally approved by the EPA for use in artists' materials last May." The EPA under the Trump administration.[1][2][3][4] I'd take a wait-and-see approach on this one. Not to mention that there are so many great colors that have seen hundreds of years of human use.. as opposed to this one, which has seen zero. [1] - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/…
its seen zero years of use, no kidding?
Re: The first blue pigment discovered in 200 years is now commercially available
#5Phthalo Blue is more recent than 200 years; it was isolated in the early 20th century.
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#6Phthalo Blue is more recent than 200 years; it was isolated in the early 20th century.
The article specifies as the first non organic pigment.
Re: The first blue pigment discovered in 200 years is now commercially available
#7"The pigment--which is the first new blue discovered in 200 years--was finally approved by the EPA for use in artists' materials last May." The EPA under the Trump administration.[1][2][3][4] I'd take a wait-and-see approach on this one. Not to mention that there are so many great colors that have seen hundreds of years of human use.. as opposed to this one, which has seen zero. [1] - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/…
As easy as it is to look at Trump's impact on the EPA and simply assume everything the EPA did during his tenure is de-facto bad. In this case, it would be useful to understand what specific impact his changes had on the EPA's ability to effectively evaluate the pigment against the Toxic Substances Control Act testing requirements mentioned in the article.
People clearly put a lot of work into this pigment, it'd be a shame to shun that only because they happened to apply for its use in consumer products while Trump was in office.
Re: The first blue pigment discovered in 200 years is now commercially available
#8Anyone here have suggestions for viewing this and other novel pigments?
Re: The first blue pigment discovered in 200 years is now commercially available
#9"The pigment--which is the first new blue discovered in 200 years--was finally approved by the EPA for use in artists' materials last May." The EPA under the Trump administration.[1][2][3][4] I'd take a wait-and-see approach on this one. Not to mention that there are so many great colors that have seen hundreds of years of human use.. as opposed to this one, which has seen zero. [1] - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/…
If you believe they are doing something wrong, tell them.
There is an email listed regulatoryaffairs@
They may not be nefarious, I wouldn't judge them on someone else's actions. I don't know that two are related
Re: The first blue pigment discovered in 200 years is now commercially available
#10I don’t get it, how would you even discover a pigment? How would you know what you’re looking at is novel?