prussian accident

berlin, germany, 18. march 2005

“The first modern, artificially manufactured color was Prussian blue. It was made by the colormaker Diesbach of Berlin in about 1704. Diesbach accidentally formed the blue pigment when experimenting with the oxidation of iron. The pigment was available to artists in 1724 and was extremely popular throughout the three centuries since its discovery”.

Source:http://webexhibits.org/pigments/indiv/history/preussblue.html