Whether ultramarine, cerulean, Egyptian or cobalt, blue pigments have colored artworks for centuries. Now, seemingly out of the blue, scientists have discovered a new blue pigment that uses less ...

Matthew Martin is Curator of International Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Victoria and the co-curator of the exhibition Blue: Alchemy of a Colour. We’re used to thinking about the colour ...

Researchers have discovered a new cobalt-doped barium aluminosilicate colourant that withstands the high temperatures found in a kiln and provides a bright colour to glazed tiles. In mineral form, the ...