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> "There is one basic color tint that is extremely difficult to get" Any idea of the possible tint which is being referred to? Wondering if it's a mineral sour

• archildress 5y ago
  Could be Titanium Dioxide that is involved in whitening. Have seen enough from my view that this would be my guess. And what could be more basic than that. :)
  • cinntaile 5y ago
    You need that for every color so that the sun doesn't discolor your paint so probably not.
  • nightfly 5y ago
    If that was the problem then white wouldn't be available either
• stan_rogers 5y ago
  Likely cobalt. Most of the other blues are either made of relatively abundant elements or have very good synthetic equivalents.
• skhr0680 5y ago
  https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/05/14/new-blue-pigment-color-chemistry https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/05/14/new-blue-pigment-...
• shakna 5y ago
  > Rising energy costs - coal and crude - have pushed up prices of raw materials such as phthalic anhydride, cuprous chloride and urea. These are used to manufacture CPC Blue (Copper phthalocyanine blue) crude, a key ingredient of pigment blue, which in turn goes into the making of various shades of blue paints. [0] [0] https://m.timesofindia.com/city/ahmedabad/gujarats-bolt-from-blue-leaves-global-paint-makers-in-red/articleshow/87196319.cms https://m.timesofindia.com/city/ahmedabad/gujarats-bolt-from...