World's Oldest Colors (IMAGE)

Australian National University

World's Oldest Colors

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Biogeochemistry Lab Manager Janet Hope from the ANU Research School of Earth Sciences holds a vial of pink colored porphyrins representing the oldest intact pigments in the world.

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The Australian National University

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