Earlier this year, Crayola announced it would retire the crayon color Dandelion to make way for a new color. That new color is the one you see here, inspired by a new blue pigment discovered at Oregon State University. The YInMn pigment contains yttrium, indium, and manganese, which it is named after, and oxygen. Crayola is looking for a color name that will be a little easier for those who use crayons, so they are running a contest to name it. You can enter your idea for the color name here. Be aware that the best names have already been suggested.
Bluey McBlueface
Blue Ivy
Covfefe
Mystique
Blue Manchu
Indigo Montoya
New Blue
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The Warriors Blue a 3-1 lead https://t.co/rGZPkC4mSj
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(Image credit: Oregon State University)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Klein_Blue
So the quagga is extinct - we humans live on and have improved living conditions since the late 19th century. Why do we need a zebra subspecies?
Just thinking outloud.
Now, if it was a giant woolly mammoth, THAT'll be different! :)
I like the fact that humans are genuinely trying to bring back something that humans made extinct through their own ignorance. It gives me hope that we haven't thoroughly mired ourselves in exactly that thought of "Oh well, that's just the way it goes, it's dead and gone but WE must go on, etc."
And frankly, it's better research than engineering a subcutaneous bra... ;-)
--TwoDragons