In search of blue

Series of short stories on the rarity of blue pigments.

New tools are aiding the age-old quest for the rarest of pigments. … Chrysanthemums, coronations, tulips—none of them naturally comes in blue. … Decades of breeding have yielded roses in every shade of yellow, pink, and red, but never blue ones.

By Kai Kupferschmidt

May 3rd, 2019