In Search of YinMn

In Search of YinMn. Acrylic on canvas. Size: 20 x 16 inches.

In Search of YinMn is my search to recreate YinMn blue (yttrium, indium and manganese) also known as Oregon Blue. It is a color newly discovered in a lab at Oregon State University in 2009. This chemical makes a remarkable blue hue, which is not yet out in commercial paints. I did my color-mixing to match YinMn and give it some complementary and supplementary colors. This abstract painting shows the joy I felt in searching for YinMn.