Blue colors are hard to come by as they are often expensive to produce or they fade over time.
Scientists discovered a whole new blue while mixing manganese oxide, which is black, with other chemicals and heating them to high temperatures. After cooling, the manganese ions absorbed red and green wavelengths of light and reflected only blue.
-
Hit of the week
Asexual Artist Cooks and Serves Own Genitals at Public Banquet
An artist in Tokyo cooked and served his own surgically removed genitals to a...
In People, Social Media
6 Comments 44885 Online Visits
Facebook Shares
Rising Stars
About Marc Felion
Marc Felion is the co-host and producer of the Feast of Fun podcast. He lives in the Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago with his partner and co-host Fausto Fernós. He loves sci-fi, murder mysteries and pumping iron.
Contact me: AIM
Comments
Somehow made me remember that song.
Yeh, blue’s always been a bit of a problem. I know in the new OLED displays blue has a much shorter life.