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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
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
I kind of thought you were kidding, because nobody on earth cares what color their workstation/datacenter graphics card is... but indeed they are using YInMn blue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMXS1A2uBeE And made a video about how cool they are for putting certain paint on a graphics card. I will continue to be amused because people call Intel "team blue" and AMD "team red", but in this case AMD's product is blue…
> I kind of thought you were kidding, because nobody on earth cares what color their workstation/datacenter graphics card is... I’m not sure if you’re joking here or something, but as it turns out, many people buy video cards to play video games, and many of them care about how their gaming device looks like. They install LEDs and stuff. It’s pretty cool.
True, but these are workstation cards, they're for GPGPU workloads or Rendering workstations for pro artist. You'd rarely if ever find them in a gaming PC (too expensive with no real benefit for gaming workloads).
Re: The first blue pigment discovered in 200 years is now commercially available
#33I've bought several hundred tubes of paint in last 20 years. I've seen artists gravitating towards more expensive paints as a sign of better pigmentation which is completely misplaced. Pricing of pigments is largely a complex equation including marketing by paint manufacturers to pose Cadmiums and Chromiums as "premium" quality paints. The truth couldn't be farther from that. Modern synthetic pigments are superior, s…
Very insightful. Will be interested to know of your preferred 12 colour palette.
Re: The first blue pigment discovered in 200 years is now commercially available
#34Is this ok? >Yttrium is mostly dangerous in the working environment, due to the fact that damps and gasses can be inhaled with air. This can cause lung embolisms, especially during long-term exposure. Yttrium can also cause cancer with humans, as it enlarges the chances of lung cancer when it is inhaled. >Indium compounds are encountered rarely by most people. All indium compounds should be regarded as highly toxic.…
A surprising number of dyes and pigments are very toxic. I have no idea if this is unusually toxic, but it wouldn’t surprise me if it’s the norm.
Re: The first blue pigment discovered in 200 years is now commercially available
#35Is this ok? >Yttrium is mostly dangerous in the working environment, due to the fact that damps and gasses can be inhaled with air. This can cause lung embolisms, especially during long-term exposure. Yttrium can also cause cancer with humans, as it enlarges the chances of lung cancer when it is inhaled. >Indium compounds are encountered rarely by most people. All indium compounds should be regarded as highly toxic.…
Probably not good, but consider Cadmium Red, Chromium Green, Lead White, and Vermillion (Mercury), among others.
Yeah, but they cause cancer. Things like lymphomas that killed Bob Ross cuz those are the pigments painters use.
Re: The first blue pigment discovered in 200 years is now commercially available
#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
Chemical reactions (such as forming it into a pigment) greatly change the biological effects substances have. For example, you probably shouldn't drink OH- or H2O2, even though it is made of the same atoms as water. Just because the pure elemental form is toxic doesn't make compounds with it toxic as well.
I don't think that is a very good example. A better example would be is there a safe compound with lead or arsenic or mercury (known toxic elements) you would want to take into your body?
What about Barium? Water-soluble barium compounds are toxic while the insoluble barium sulfate is used as radiocontrast agent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barium_sulfate#Radiocontrast_a...
Re: The first blue pigment discovered in 200 years is now commercially available
#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
Chemical reactions (such as forming it into a pigment) greatly change the biological effects substances have. For example, you probably shouldn't drink OH- or H2O2, even though it is made of the same atoms as water. Just because the pure elemental form is toxic doesn't make compounds with it toxic as well.
I don't think that is a very good example. A better example would be is there a safe compound with lead or arsenic or mercury (known toxic elements) you would want to take into your body?
Mercury amalgam (silver, tin, zinc, copper, etc) fillings.
Re: The first blue pigment discovered in 200 years is now commercially available
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
Chemical reactions (such as forming it into a pigment) greatly change the biological effects substances have. For example, you probably shouldn't drink OH- or H2O2, even though it is made of the same atoms as water. Just because the pure elemental form is toxic doesn't make compounds with it toxic as well.
I don't think that is a very good example. A better example would be is there a safe compound with lead or arsenic or mercury (known toxic elements) you would want to take into your body?
Mercury? Of course. Tooth fillings.
Re: The first blue pigment discovered in 200 years is now commercially available
#39Is this ok? >Yttrium is mostly dangerous in the working environment, due to the fact that damps and gasses can be inhaled with air. This can cause lung embolisms, especially during long-term exposure. Yttrium can also cause cancer with humans, as it enlarges the chances of lung cancer when it is inhaled. >Indium compounds are encountered rarely by most people. All indium compounds should be regarded as highly toxic.…
A surprising number of dyes and pigments are very toxic. I have no idea if this is unusually toxic, but it wouldn’t surprise me if it’s the norm.
I remember Zara was once in the spotlight due to their clothes containing toxic dyes