history of blue.txt - 0:00 welcome back to the accessible...

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welcome back to the accessible art
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history youtube channel
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for this week's video i'm continuing our
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journey through the history of color
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i finally arrived at the final the
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primary colors blue
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unlike the other two red and yellow blue
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isn't commonly found in nature
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this makes it quite interesting to study
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so to learn more
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keep on watching in my study of red and
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yellow i discussed how they were often
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used in prehistoric art
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however this isn't the case of blue in
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fact the first time we see blue pop up
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in the artistic and historical record is
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around 6
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000 years ago lapis lazuli native to
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afghanistan
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was acquired via trade and ground up to
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make pigment this semi-precious stone's
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brilliant blue color
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comes from its mineral composition
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mainly lazarite
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a silicate mineral of the sodalite group
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however
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due to its rarity lapis lazuli was only
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available to the people that could
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afford it
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