Children will be able to colour the sky a different shade for first time in 200 years, after scientists created a vivid ‘new blue’ and Crayola announced it is turning it into a crayon.

YInMn Blue, the first new blue pigment in 200 years. Mas Subramanian "We strive to keep our color palette innovative and on-trend, which is why we're excited to introduce a new blue crayon color ...

It turned out to be a pigment–the first blue pigment discovered since 1802, when the French chemist Louis Jacques Thenard discovered cobalt blue (though in actuality, it had been used in Chinese ...

Soon to slide into crayon boxes everywhere: a newcomer that will make widely accessible the first blue pigment created in over 200 years. Known as “YInMn blue,” the pigment was the surprise ...

W hen Crayola announced in March that it was retiring the color Dandelion in its 24-crayon pack for a new shade of blue, we invited readers to select their preferred shade for the mystery addition ...

We know you have a bounty of broken crayons just hanging around, not getting used, shunned because of their shortened and no-longer-sharp status.So round up the blue ones (yes, only cobalt, navy ...

Dreams Come Blue. Star Spangled Blue. Blue Moon Bliss. Reach for the Stars . Bluetiful. A two-ish month voting process, which seemed to be more thorough than that of the 2016 U.S. Presidential ...

Cobalt blue-hued dyes gained popularity in women’s garments in the 1830s, said Sarah Collins, a professor of fashion at SCAD.“Previously, blue had long been a popular color, especially for ...

LOS ANGELES: The first new shade of blue in over 200 years - an intense, vibrant shade discovered by an Indian-origin scientist and his team - will now be turne ...

The new hue, discovered in 2009, is now being made into a crayon by Crayola. It will replace the dandelion yellow color Crayola retired in March because, apparently, crayons do that. The new blue p… ...