#pigment — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #pigment, aggregated by home.social.
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Vote #Orpiment in Round 1 Match 5 of the #MinCup26!
The storied pigment is found in the great Hokusai’s woodblock prints, and those of other masters of the Edo era. Cuprite could never.
Vote for orpiment here: https://www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-results/vote-r1m05
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🦋✨ #Butterfly wing #color comes from #pterin crystals that bend and scatter #light rather than absorb it, keeping colors vivid without fading.
Chemists developed a faster method to grow these #crystals without toxic solvents, producing small amounts of eco-friendly, non-toxic #pigment. The work points toward glitter made from #DNA-related compounds as a planet-friendlier alternative.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/dolly-parton-butterfly-glitter-chemistry/
#butterflies #biomimicry #chemistry #sustainability #science #nature #innovation #northeastern #environment #dollyparton #ecofriendly #materials
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An indigo-based pigment... from an overlooked recipe in a 13th century Arabic text. Fascinating experiments & scholarship from Joumana - & highlighting the digitised manuscript treasures in our libraries!
https://majnouna.substack.com/p/false-red-fake-blue#indigo #LapisLazuli #lazurite #dye #pigment #ArtHistory #manuscript #libraries #sustainability #JoumanaMedlej