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FORS spectra for two blue colorants typically used on Japanese prints of the Edo period.
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FORS spectra for dayflower and indigo, blue colorants found in Japanese woodblock prints.
  
Non-destructive FORS spectroscopy can easily distinguish these two blue colorants even when overprinted with yellow or red to form greens and purples.
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Non-destructive FORS spectroscopy can easily distinguish these two blue colorants even when mixed or overprinted with yellow or red to form greens and purples.
  
We use an Ocean Optics miniature spectrometer with a fiber optic probe.
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The MFA uses an Ocean Optics miniature spectrometer with a fiber optic probe.
  
Image credit M.Derrick, Museum of Fine Arts Boston (www.mfa.org)
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Image credit: M.Derrick, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Latest revision as of 23:47, 25 March 2024

FORS spectra for dayflower and indigo, blue colorants found in Japanese woodblock prints.

Non-destructive FORS spectroscopy can easily distinguish these two blue colorants even when mixed or overprinted with yellow or red to form greens and purples.

The MFA uses an Ocean Optics miniature spectrometer with a fiber optic probe.

Image credit: M.Derrick, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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