KT 04.003 Prussian blue
A deep blue secret, like the ocean and the midnight sky.
Referenz - Carl Koch, Grosses Malerhandbuch, 1938
Farbfunktion - materialization
Wirksamkeit - good under all lighting conditions
In 1704 in Berlin, a color chemist named Johann Jacob Diesbach was experimenting with liquids that he had mixed using a familiar recipe. Instead of getting the expected carmine red, a deep blue color resulted. It was so beautiful that he decided to research its basis. He discovered that the inexpensive potash he was using was contaminated with blood traces, and the iron gave rise to the new pigment. Prussian blue conquered artists’ hearts immediately, as the paints made with it are exquisite.
Katrin Trautwein, 225 Colors, 2020 ©Birkhäuser Publishers, Basel
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