Art History by Lakshmi

Maya Blue: Great for Artists, Shitty for Captives

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Imagine a pigment that is so mysterious we only unlocked its secrets in the 1960s. That pigment is called Maya blue and it has an incredible, if not gruesome, backstory to it.