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The Secret Lives of Color

99% Invisible

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Is It a Cotenel M Bugs?

It took like 70 thousand bugs to get a pound of cochan al riht yer. And do we still use insects like these to make pigments to day? Yes. So, em, there is a slightly set of grim side to this particular colour in that er. It's been used in kind of food and also cosmetic.

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