Scientists have determined the origin of the blue color from one of the paintings of the famous painter Jackson Pollock with the help of chemical analyzes.
They confirmed for the first time that the abstract expressionist used a bright synthetic pigment, known as manganese blue.
The width of painting, which is currently exposed to the Museum of Modern Art in New York, is about 2.7 meters. Previously, scientists described the red and yellow shades scattered on the cloth, but the source of the intense turquoise has proven to be insensitive.
In the new study, scientists took blue paint samples and used lasers to disperse the light and measure the oscillations of paint molecules. This offered them a unique “color imprint” of the color, which they identified as a manganese blue, reports Noi.mdreading.
In addition, the researchers studied the chemical structure of the pigment to understand how they create such a bright hue. Scientists study the chemical composition of materials used in plastic art to preserve old paintings and identify forgeries. They can take more accurate samples of Pollock’s paintings, as it often pour the paint directly on the cloth, instead of mixing it beforehand.
In order to unravel this artistic enigma, scientists have researched the paint using various scientific tools, just as Pollock alternates their own methods, dripping the paint with a stick or using it directly from the box.
