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Egyptian Blue: The Color of Technology
- gdubs 12y agoReminds me of the color of the SGI Indy.[1] 1: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGI_Indy http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGI_Indy
- bcherry 12y agoI thought this was going to be about how it seems like half of all consumer tech companies use a hue near Egyptian Blue for their logos or other primary colors.
- drdeadringer 12y agoAs a "fan" of the color blue, I enjoyed the history lesson.
- cju 12y agoDo you know the book "Blue: The History of a Color" by Michel Pastoureau? As far as I know it's the more complete on the topic.
- drdeadringer 12y agoCool -- thanks for the tip!
- 205guy 12y agoForget about Egyptian Blue and its techno-wonders, did you see the link to Mummy Brown? http://www.artinsociety.com/the-life-and-death-of-mummy-brown.html http://www.artinsociety.com/the-life-and-death-of-mummy-brow... Far more fascinating. tl;dr: for several hundred years, Europeans traded in Aegyptian mummies (real ones and various imitations thereof) first for apothecary medicine (ergo consumption), then as paint pigment. Horatio must be spinning in his grave ("there are more things,... etc.").
- chipsy 12y agoNow imagine how many techniques get lost on a daily basis because only a few people knew them and they left that workplace.