14 Colorful Now-You-Know Facts About Paint

Paints are made from fish, insects, and ... mummies?
14 Colorful Now-You-Know Facts About Paint

If you're not a visual artist, you might not care at all about paint. But that was before you knew a type of paint used to be made out of mummies. Now paint is looking pretty badass, no? If that doesn't impress you, read on for 13 more facts that might change your mind. 

Blue pigment found in the tooth of a medieval skeleton shows women were artists During the Middle Ages, women, not just monks, may have painted illuminated manuscripts. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED COM

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In 2009, a chemist accidentally created a new blue hue YInMn blue is a near-perfect blue. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED COM

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