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What Makes Organic Pigments Translucent ?

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 by Richard
viridian and diarylide yellow

viridian and diarylide yellow

In a previous blog, I noted that most inorganic pigments are opaque, except when a molecule of water is bonded to the pigment crystal. That “water of crystallization” makes an inorganic pigment, like viridian, translucent.

On the other hand, (more…)