There are three artists named Prussian Blue:

1) Prussian Blue is a U… Read Full Bio ↴There are three artists named Prussian Blue:

1) Prussian Blue is a UK blues-rock band who released their first album in 1994 and are still going strong

2) Prussian Blue is two twin sisters, Lynx Gaede and Lamb Gaede, born in 1992 who sing about their White Nationalist beliefs.

3) Prussian Blue is a Korean soft rock band that debuted on Indie Power 2002. They released their first full album in December 2006.

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Prussian Blue Lyrics

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As I sit here staring,

My heart is yearning,

For just one glance,

From you.

As my heart's here pounding,

As our eyes are bounding,

All I ever wanted was you,

Maybe someday.

All I ever wanted,

Was to feel wanted,

All I ever got,

No one wants.

As you're out there staring,

My hearts not caring,

For the stupid glance,

From you.

As I'm up here standing,

You're out there standing,

What I was wanting,

I don't want it anymore.

Overall Meaning

In these lyrics, Prussian Blue captures the longing and desire for connection and validation that many people can relate to. The opening lines reflect the singer's intense yearning, as they sit and stare, hoping for just one glance from the object of their affection. This sets the tone for a theme of unrequited love or unfulfilled desires throughout the song.

The following lines express the singer's strong emotional response, as their heart pounds and their eyes meet with the other person's. There is a sense of desperation in the repetition of "all I ever wanted was you," emphasizing the depth of their longing and the importance of this particular person. The phrase "maybe someday" suggests a thread of hope, a glimmer of possibility that this desired connection might eventually be realized.

The next stanza reveals a sense of disappointment and a longing for acceptance. The repetition of "all I ever wanted" now shifts from the desired person to the general feeling of being wanted in return. The singer expresses a deep sense of not being desired or valued, and these lyrics capture the emotional pain that can come from feeling overlooked or ignored.

In the final stanza, there is a shift in perspective and attitude. The singer acknowledges that while they were once fixated on the attention and glance from the person they desired, they now realize that they no longer care about it. There is a sense of growth and self-discovery, as they claim their own worth and reject the idea that they are defined by the attention of others. This change in mindset suggests a realization of their own inherent value, independent of external validation.

Overall, Prussian Blue's lyrics in this untitled song capture the intense longing, disappointment, and eventual self-empowerment that can come with unrequited love and the pursuit of recognition. It speaks to the common experience of yearning for connection and validation, while also highlighting the importance of self-worth and the acceptance of one's own value.

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@helene8854

3y↑5

challenge accepted:
the double ring with the two ketone groups and the four nitrogens is caffeine,
the benzyl ring with the carboxylic acid group and the hydroxyl group is 2-ol-1-benzoic acid (sorry about the naming), otherwise known as salicylic acid
the molecule above the caffeine is 2-acetoxybenzoic acid, also known as aspirin
the molecule with iron in it is obviously the ferrocyanide (you missed the 4- there, by the way)
the molecule in the middle of the top, next to the aspirin is 2-methyl indole
the molecule to the top left of the salicylic acid is menthol
the molecule in the middle has the formula C20H19N202 and I literally typed that into the browser and its common name is dun dun dun... Nile red http://atb.uq.edu.au/molecule.py?molid=102121 (I'm guessing you named your channel after that?)
ok the chemical formula of the last molecule in the bottom middle is C20H2ON3+ and it's called... dun dun dun... Nile blue.

All comments from YouTube:

@NileRed

6y↑935

Follow my friend Dryve!

Spotify: https://goo.gl/h7NmNi
Youtube: https://youtu.be/m-juNK1TnNE
Instagram: https://goo.gl/u6N3Cw

@Zach.Haller

6y↑23

Thanks for the support! ❤️

@marcelguimaraes

6y↑3

Hey NileRed, could you show us another ways to make Ethanol? From sugarkane, corn, potatos.

@ralaksostrov5448

6y↑1

Zrób film o tym :) https://youtu.be/BtnCynfmBnc?t=12m14s

@SirZeu

6y↑2

next do egyptian blue!...

@williamdegener

You can make it with your fecies

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@vertigatari

5y↑12.8K

it’s fascinating to see him have all the patience and time to make prussian blue and little to no patience to paint with it 😂✌🏻

@natalyrausch

5y↑309

confidence difference 😂

@dumbun6660

5y↑57

Shall I keep this at 666 likes

No

No I am not

Also yes I wish I had his patience lmao

@rakanali4216

5y↑93

Different interests

@jennamarie1812

5y↑92

me with sketching vs colouring/painting the line work

@Mica_T

5y↑63

I giggled when I saw him use a dropper for the turpentine. It'a such a oddly specific way to add it lmao

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@bradyfarrants1015

3y↑1000

He should make this a series where he makes a whole palette of paints like cadmium yellow and prussian blue. Then he paints something with it

@TheBobmaker

3y↑72

green uranium

@badjok3gaming567

2y↑11

@The Bobmaker 💀

@RT-py7ju

2y↑39

Titanium white would be cool too!

@daniellelowe3959

2y↑8

Mercury silver

@user-pr6ed3ri2k

2y↑10

plants

chromum red

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@midnight_blue_moon

4y↑4.5K

7:55 that blue dust is like one of the most beautiful shades of blue I've ever seen

@hieronymuswiesenkraut3628

3y↑195

If you glaze a fine layer of cobalt blue on white background, you have that color.

@BM-yc8eg

3y↑38

yves klein blue

@Wasbever_14

3y↑8

Yes

@midnight_blue_moon

3y↑9

@ThatOneGuy09 oh that IS nice

@cannaisuer2091

3y↑3

@Blue ikr my favorite color

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@chernoboog3372

2y↑429

7:05 "until it turned to a greenish-blue" ... also known as cyan! Cyanide gets its name from this exact color because it's in Prussian blue, and I find that very interesting. Most people would think the color and the compound are unrelated, but instead they are entwined

@DruNature

1y↑10

O M G!! thank you for this!!

@DicedTea

@Kami43644

46w

@_Gam3r

43w

that is not cyan
ok

@thegreatgathby

5y↑3.8K

My great-grandfather was the first to synthesize Prussian blue in America. He was a German chemist who emigrated. He did it in his San Francisco apartment kitchen in the early 1920s.

@katelynftp

5y↑159

interesting!

@tatiana2133

5y↑487

thats cool, i thank your grandad for ultimate bob ross coolness

@0liver815

5y↑40

he souls be given a bob roos origonal

@robohjhonson3711

5y↑77

How do we know this isn’t a lie huh?

@tatiana2133

5y↑286

@Rob Ohjhonson let's just be chill and appreciate stuff. come, I'll treat you some ice cream, what flavor?

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@jmb4408

3y↑486

imagine if you're a scientist and an artist at the same time you just make your own colors when you need them

@ruthsalgado6775

3y↑13

That’s genius :^

@yourinnerlawyer4035

2y↑16

There are some that exist, in fact many.

@bringbackthedislikecount6767

2y↑24

Da Vinci was one of them

@glumsulk8617

2y↑31

Shitloads of painters DO do that.

But they specifically buy the already made pigments and just make their own paint medium with it, bc there is already a shitload of pigments available.

Granted, there are a few that are pretty expensive bc of rarity but actually creating your own of those pigments might not be practical financially.

@marvalice3455

1y↑2

Imagine you are Leonardo de vinchi. That's who you are describing after all.

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@realastropulse

5y↑2.8K

Makes paint.

Draws chemical structures.

@thehatedones5153

4y↑17

Now he should pour HCl on it 😳😳

@OrangeCreamsicle

3y↑20

Checks out

@attempt58

3y↑20

That's how you identify a chemist

@sachimourya2376

2y↑3

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@sjrose5438

5y↑8.5K

finally an actual "reaction video"

@taylorbritt499

5y↑56

I love this comment 😂

@satansmaiden

5y↑64

your comment made me giggle for 5 minutes straight. absolutely gold

@komamangaii231

5y↑8

HA!

@maxine3657

5y↑8

im wheezing

@stray_bad_dog_

5y↑6

YES

HELL YES

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@TheGreenTuna

3y↑204

Nothing has ever made me feel as understood as this video. A professional chemist, that consistently makes 30+ minute long videos that contain crazy difficult and dangerous processes using chemistry, quits painting a butterfly because it got to difficulty and detailed. Thank you for this.

@sweateryoshi4026

1y↑4

Just shows that everyones strengths lie at different areas. No one is perfect and its nice seeing that from time to time.

@johnmcclain3887

2y↑120

Hi Nile, I found this very interesting. I've been using Prussian blue more than fifty years, as a machinist and tool maker, using it to spot metal to scrape to fit, and match the fit of pieces. It makes a very fine film, and one can easily secure fitment to tenths of a thousandth. I've bought two tubes of it in fifty years, the last was a decade ago, as oil paint, it gets crusty, but remains the film forming, crust knocked away. Thanks for doing this, I never have to worry about running out again.

@marvinzwettler8171

2y↑3

It's such a shame that your comment didn't receive any likes.

@ShwappaJ

2y↑1

@Marvin Zwettler he has 8 now, finally

@scottshepard345

3y↑65

The picture of a face at 11:15 is a precious moment. Your strong reaction to it reveals that art is deeply important to you. I remember my reaction to my first drawings when I took a drawing class at age 30. It was a very negative reaction, but after about 100 drawings I began to improve and made drawings that were often pleasing to look at. Your painting shows a natural talent for getting the paint on the paper and making a balanced and confident design. Art could be a helpful tool to communicate ideas about chemistry.

@TheBobmaker

3y↑1

@izices

4y↑151

"it looked like something a two-year old would make."
We all start somewhere Nile.

@HattmannenNilsson

6y↑5.6K

And maybe we'll add a happy little molecule right … here.
Let's give him a little friend over here – everyone needs a friend.
Remember, this is your world. You can do anything you like.

@DuffBlufff

6y↑190

Hattmannen Nilsson and then BEAT THE DEVIL OUT OF IT
:D

@sastrous

6y↑12

Yes

@dihler55

6y↑161

No mistakes just happy little accidents :)

@miggyOhara

Hattmannen Nilsson
FREINDSHIP SUCKS

@ravenkhor

6y↑12

until you make your house explode

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@jessley._.8964

5y↑26

as an artist I love seeing your scientific approach. It's literally the opposite of my own thinking and its refreshing to see other ways of thinking to get out of my own head. I also think it's funny how you called yourself lazy a few times but sir you're literally making a dye and other chemicals. That's pretty cool. Good job :)

@dozentx726

3y↑74

From left to right:
1. Row: Potassium ferrocyanide, Indole, acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin)
2. Row: o-cresol, Nile red, Caffeine
3. Row: Salicylic acid, Nile blue

@jonathanwhale7118

2y↑4

That is not indole it is skatole

@xanderbraves

2y↑7

The second one on the first row is skatole; the first on the second row is 2-isopropyl-5-methylpheno (thymol); and the first on the third row is methyl salicylate (oil of wintergreen).

@SaloCh

44w↑3

Wait so you're telling me that the names of both of his channels were actually real chemicals all along?

@sachimourya2376

2y↑26

You went form doing chemistry to genuinely trying to make a painting for the first time in your life. You are so cute. Also the butterfly was so nicely sketched 🌸

@ikol458

4y↑638

"The reaction seemed to be quite well-behaved."
(pat pat) Good reaction, have a cookie.

@dustonpage1280

4y↑8

obligatory john egbert comment

@melodudemusic5090

4y↑7

Hi. Medical lab scientist here! We also use Prussian blue as a stain for bone marrow slides to evaluate iron storage. I didn’t realize it had so many other uses too! Thanks for this 😁

@talkingdot

6y↑1.9K

You should go bob ross mode and make some of that Titanium White... Phthalo Blue... Alizarin Crimson .... Sap Green ... Cadmium Yellow Hue

@lanadoesathing

5y↑78

He'd have to be careful with the cadmium yellow; cadmium is super toxic.

@inquisitorgrand

5y↑54

@Lana G maybe some yellow ochre, then

@avaviel

5y↑60

@Lana G cadmium yellow hue, the word hue indicates that it isn't the real stuff. Besides that, cadmium isn't as bad as people make it out. The rate of skin to blood is super slow. It's much worse if it's eaten.

@rruckman9782

5y↑10

@Mitch Budreau *Yella ochre

@purpletape6594

5y↑33

Titanium Hwite.

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@eternalfire9009

5y↑182

Whenever you are making ferric chloride, I recommend making sure the steel wool is oxidized... The rustier the better. It will dissolve mor readily into the acid, and most of the time the carbon will have leached out and bonded with oxygen (the oxidation of steel tends to create carbon dioxide as a minor byproduct.) This will render a cleaner result.

@eternalfire9009

4y↑9

Soak the steele wool in hydogen peroxide (store bought works just fine).

@Raycast_

@A. Meowzki Build an hho generator using salt water, an strong power supply (dc is preferred by me) and steel wool

@roshnigupta9914

3y↑7

@Subhash Kommalapati well in the next step he oxidized the ferrous chloride with peroxide anyway so this is just mixing the 2 steps together to get a better result

@seanjones4726

3y↑2

You could just set it on fire, no? The stuff is flammable, and cheap.

@WrathOfHanha

4y↑30

Serious props for posting your art. Even when you're a seasoned artist, it takes a lot of courage. Also, I didn't know oil paint was that simply made - you know, after you've gone to the trouble of synthesizing the pigment lol.

@facelessdrone

3y↑21

As a painter, watching this was especailly entertaining. I love this kind of shit, the interlap between art and science is what I live for.

@enatduvl3084

5y↑5

Oil paint usually should be mulled a little longer because the longer you mull the paint the more pigmented and smooth it gets. This is making sure all of the powder is completely mixed and saturated with oil

@astraios3473

4y↑3

I followed this same method to make my own Prussian Blue today, which is something I've been waiting a year to do.
Haven't been able to dry it out yet, but it's been an awesome project to work on, and very rewarding. It's not until you see it in person that you realise how fantastic the colour is too, pictures and videos really don't do it justice

@AvenRox

6y↑292

I like watching non/beginning artists pushibg themselves, like you did with the butterfly :) good job man!

@catpoke9557

Bruh I'm an artist and I couldn't do that butterfly..

@L0rdOfThePies

3y↑4

@Cat Poke we're all different and that's okay ^^

@artur6912

5y↑12

11:44 You just learned the first lesson that everyone painting tabletop minis learns: THIN YOUR PAINTS ! Great video.

@grahamwaldo331

3y↑2

Prussian blue is also often used to check surface topology and relative flatness. A flat reference like a granite surface plate gets a very thin layer of blue applied and the part to be checked is placed on topped moved around slightly. This transfers some of the blue to only the high spots of the part, letting you see the topology!

@homegrowntwinkie

4y↑57

My grandmothers(RIP) favorite paint color. She once gifted me a really nice set of oil paints from years before my time. it had this color in it.

@victorialee352

5y↑4

I love you and your channel so much. I flunked highschool Chem but just watching you paint so methodically made me smile so much, your narration is so funny, I love that you love what you do. As an art person I can't tell you much much joy it brings me to see you paint chemicals with a thing you made yourself. It simply cannot be more left brain... but you are an artist by creating these videos, thank you for this.

@victorialee352

5y↑1

You followed a step by step guide to draw a butterfly. God i love you.

@coldfusionx4

2y↑4

For oil painting - Bob Ross. For acrylic painting - ColorByFelix.

#0 brush for detail and fine lines
#5 is good for general drawing and filling

Use thicker paints for your base and thin it out if you want to paint over that with another color or dilute with turpentine and white to lighten the shade a bit.

I know... The video is old but it's never too late to try something new :)

@Mr6Sinner

6y↑6K

A Bob Ross classic color.

@CyCloNeReactorCore

6y↑5

666th like :D

@noonespecial5360

6y↑6

1kth like :D

@garbiiiiij

6y↑74

i think pthalo blue was more ross-esque

@gregoryberrycone6937

6y↑77

up there with TITANIUM WHITE

@noonespecial5360

6y↑40

@Gregory Berrycone iT's TitAnIUm HWit3

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@sivens6209

5y↑19

I would say using the gesso is a must. Otherwise the oil would seep in to the absorbant paper and over time deteorate it quickly in addition to decreasing the amount of binder in the paint which would also be a problem.
When applying the gesso try going in just one direction across the entire paper during the application of one layer. (As the paper is oriented on the screen: try going in a cross direction = left to right and next layer top to bottom) You don't need to have perfect coverage of the paper on your first layer - build it up over time ( specially with thinner paper(100g/m^2) try to not go over the same spot over too many times (in one layer). I noticed the gesso and the paint seemed quite thick try thinning the gesso down with water and the paint with turpentine.
Paper warping - the paper does worp when wet thou then stretches again when fully dry. (With some papers it's a problem even after drying they stay worped, but with an aquarelle paper at 300g/m^2 I would expect it to stretch just fine .) Perhaps try a very diluted coating of animal glue abbout 2-3dkg for 1l of water to pre strech it before applying the gesso. (Also why not use a brush to apply the gesso?)

Good effort, I enjoy your videos a lot.

@DJl3iohazord

4y↑5

My art teacher once said “everyone isn’t a pro when they first start”. Honestly when people tell me they can’t paint I just tell them what my art teacher said and also have fun, do you man.

@berrymayhem6174

3y↑3

I've been an artist for about 7 years now, and I think your art is really good! No extra fluff about it being your first time or whatever, your art is good whether it was your first or three hundred and first time :)

@Machodave2020

3y↑13

1:47: There we go with Nigel doing unnecessary shit by making something he doesn't have to, but chooses to do anyway and then gets a yield he didn't expect and some more stuff that's going to just be cycled in for 13 minutes...

I LOVE IT

@xyz7572

3y↑6

I would love an art series of more different pigments! Would be lovely :)

@XxMrDudexX

6y↑1.3K

Such a happy little color. Can you do Titanium Hwite next?

@laura101cookies

6y↑41

BobTerje Bob Ross is that you?

@mouli570

6y↑78

He should start a series in which he makes a many different kinds of pigments.

@GustavoFernandesKing

6y↑3

Isn't this a very toxic pigment?

@GustavoFernandesKing

6y↑7

I am talking about the titanium white.

@laura101cookies

6y↑36

Gustavo Fernandes we all die at some point

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@plastilina000

5y↑3

Knowing your pigments is very important if you are in the art's field. It would be awesome if you can make a series on pigments: cerulean blue, cadmium yellow, flake white, etc. It would be interesting too if you discuss light fastness in pigments.

@werozza

5y↑22

Lowkey, I liked the butterfly painting! It was cute and I liked how the inside of wings were lighter

@photobackflip

5y↑2

Dude. Your molecule art is awesome.

Seriously. Do more of this art.

@msp654

1y↑1

As someone who loves to draw but sucks at chemistry this is really reassuring to see, actually. I'm not an idiot cus I don't get chem, you're not an idiot cus you don't get oil painting, we just spent our time learning different skills :]

@DevonDowner

3y↑1

I actually think all of your paintings are very charming. I’m extremely fond of the chemical structures one!

@StellarScheme

6y↑92

More synthetic colors would be neat!

@TheMinegamer83

Maybe mauveine, from a quinine rich source, like tonic water?

@opal77

5y↑1

The more I watch this channel, the more paranoid I become that any given kitchen utensil, or equipment I buy at thrift stores was actually used in a labratory setting rather than for food. That being said, I love this, can't get more "homemade" than synthesizing your pigment! This happens to be one of my favorite pigments used in watercolor.

@todoliver6976

5y↑1

Iv been binging your vids and I'm thinking of dabbling in chemistry but iv been jealous of all these cool reactions you're doing that being said, your art was a swift reminder that everyone is good in a curtain field. But in all seriousness you make chemistry fun and understandable

@danielir

3y↑1

As someone that really enjoys chemistry but was never really able to do that much fun stuff on my own or in classes, finding this channel has been absolutely amazing for me.

@notourz7956

3y↑2

I love seeing the art stuff in a hard science setting. Also the patience to use oil paints? i got that. The patience to make oil paint, no less homemade dye? Could never

@jakejohnsonmtg

3y↑1

You should do an entire series with all the colors this is amazing

@mrrobak1014

6y↑54

10:55 1)hexacyanoferrate (II or III) 2)skatole 3)aspirin 4)menthol 5)nile red 6)caffine 7)methyl salicytate 8) 9-diethyloamino-5H-benziphenoxazin-5-iminium

@jyotigupta7861

6y↑2

Wow nice, i was only able to identify 5

@originalname28

5y↑4

I need nomenclature skills like this, hopefully by the time I'm in college I'm a fraction of the way there!

@MrBradshawbenjamin

5y↑2

You should teach nomenclature

@tiantian5693

5y↑1

Thanks I was looking for this

@Ada-on8yy

5y↑327

"I could have just poured it in, but I put it in drop by drop because it looks cool,"
My new favorite youtuber...

@johnnyrats7083

3y↑2

Thanks

@CyberSc0rpio

22w

I am indeed an art student that is hyperfixated in oil painting and pigments in general and yes, you did it all very well! I'm suprised fr because you even prepared the paper with gesso as it should be! CG! :0

@helenwalter6830

4y↑3

The whole point of adding liquid white or gesso is to make your oil paints slide around a bit more easily and make the painting look sharper and help with blending because it helps to make the surface of the canvas smoother, taking away some of the friction. So you don't want to let it dry, and it won't be very helpful if you use watercolor paper instead of canvas. At least that's what my painter friend told me when I showed her this video.

@mightaziez

5y↑5

amaaazing video. Although I'm a derp and always failing at my chemistry test, this video is really entertaining! And the way you draw is just adorable

@itimk0

3y↑2

Hi I’m a painter and this is my favorite blue by far- so interesting to watch this

@Jojo-uw4dm

6y↑3

Prussian blue had always always been my favorite color, it was really interesting seeing how it was made.

@thiagopiwowarczyk2220

2y↑1

I work with pigment chemistry all the time, but never got to actually synthesize most of them. I am very impressed on how well it turned out! I’m looking forward for what is next.

@martinjasiakFineArtist

3y↑1

What you need is a glass muller. I had one made by a glass blower. Turns that chunky pigment into butter quick. Thanks for the video, learned a lot since I also make my own pigments (Flake White, lead-tin yellow).

@BEEFlad

3y↑2

I love that you're patient and skill full enough to make pigment but drawing a butterfly is where we draw the line

@andrewv2533

3y↑1

for mixing paint a glass palette is ideal (if you dont want to shell out big bucks for a good one then thrift store picture frames work well enough). you're right about touch and feel as far mixing goes and having a flat surface along with metal palette knives/razors works great. The Mixed Media paper buckles because it's actually not weighted or sized to withstand heavy saturation and so I'd recommend using a Canvas Pad next time. Oil paints also tend to seep through most paper substrates which is why sizing (glue) is important if you're going to go that route which Arches actually makes a special paper for. For testing your pigments I might suggest looking into making watercolors to optimize your transparency? Cool vids and was hoping to see you get into making pigments.

@korridarkheart2342

2y↑1

This is so cool. Seeing the art and science come together like, “I decided to create my paint from scratch. And then made a couple pictures.” I wonder if he has art friends he’s ever given paint to.

@sciencechemistry9259

6y↑59

Good video keep up the good work you are one of the best science channels on YouTube!

@surgek187

sciencechemistry One of the bests?!?! He is the best. :)

@MoltenScience

what is the use for hydrobromic acid

@yetanotherjohn

3y↑1

As a 30+ year, semi-professional, college educated painter, YOU ROCK!!!!

@purplehelm8853

This is epic stuff!! As an artist I'm curious as to how pigments are made and this video has given me a lot of insight into how a paint that I used is made. Please give us more!

@doctorateinmadison

This is probably an insane idea, but I'd personally love to watch you follow a Bob Ross tutorial with paints you've made!

@burbclavefutur1527

5y↑3

Oil painters that study in academic settings learn a ton about the chemicals and physics involved in artists paints and a lot of the science behind each pigment. Color theory is also amazing and I’m happy to have taken a class in color theory.

@ApocalypticDreams666

Prussian Blue is one of my favorite colors. Can't wait to try and make my own.

@helene8854

3y↑5

@raop3

The one next to aspirin is actually skatole... very funny molecule, try to look it up!

@helene8854

@RAOP 3 oh oops, thank you for the remark!

@ciandoyle1620

3y↑2

Hearing you describe painting with the same analysis as you doing chemistry is hilarious

@adrianapomatto1614

2y↑1

In the same way you must leave chemistry projects on the side, try doing the same with your artwork. You have a beautiful drawing hand and the paint turned out lovely! I really enjoyed this video, Prussian Blue is my favorite blue and I love using it in figure art. Oil paint is a finicky thing but it's your best friend if you learn it's tricks.

@argella1300

3y↑1

I know it’s two years late, but in the same vein of recreating synthetic dyes and pigments, you should do mauveine/aniline purple next!

@Pollymichaelis

I work with watercolours and Prussian blue is a very popular watercolour pigment so this is very interesting to me! I also did chemistry in high school so it helps me understand your videos a bit more and takes me back to memory lane

@gracesanford7862

5y↑2

I’m a paint maker and I’m so excited to try this! I’m going to make some watercolors.

@esven9263

6y↑9

One potentially interesting pathway for the potassium ferrocyanide, though I don't know if you can get much of a yield, might be to synthesize it from the cyanogenic glycosides in the toxic parts of plants. Many plants produce compounds which are enzymatically catalyzed into hydrogen cyanide as a defense mechanism. Bitter almonds and apricot pits are probably one of the more available sources for this and seem to be available for bulk purchase online. By grinding those seeds and soaking their powder/pulp in water you should be able to make a cyanic acid solution.

From there you could synthesize it from an alkaline aqueous solution of ferrous salts in a single step. Given your goals and what's readily available I'd suggest potassium carbonate, which can be attained from brewing supply stores or directly from a chemical supplier, and ferrous sulfide which you'll probably just have to order. Hydrogen cyanide should react to form potassium ferrocyanide, hydrogen sulfide, and CO2.

Alternatively there's a more well tested and easier to purify method based on how they do it in commercial production. By reacting the cyanic acid with calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) you'll form pretty straight forward calcium cyanide solution. From there heat it with ferrous sulfate(Iron supplement) to produce calcium ferrocyanide. This is obviously a step that necessitates a good fume hood. By adding potassium chloride (low sodium salt) you'll produce a nearly insoluble double salt of potassium calcium ferrocyanide which will fall out of solution. Filter and clean it with water. From there you just need to react it with a potassium carbonate solution. Insoluble calcium carbonate will fall out of solution and you'll be left with a crude potassium ferrocyanide solution. The product can be crystallized out as the trihydrate and purified further from there.

@julialevy6163

commenting for me

@ncrtrooper7153

I am throughly impressed with the content you produce. Your enthusiasm has turned me into a fan of chemistry. Thank you and I hope much success for you and your goals.

@juanignaciotapiadufey1473

3y↑2

prussian blue is also used to stain iron residues in human tissue ☺️

@Millus1987

Another use for Prussian Blue is in histochemistry/pathology to detect iron (and hemosiderin) in macrophages and tissue, in a similar reaction to the blueprint one you showed.

@moki9079

5y↑2

Prussian is a beautiful color to use while painting. Ultramarine and viridian are also my favorites

@richmondvand147

love to see you make more pigments or even fountain pen ink that does shimmering and such

@TheCloverKelly

4y↑10

as an artist i love that the first thing he thought of to do with the paint was draw chemical structures 😭😭😭😭

@geraldwang5458

5y↑2

Hi NileRed!
First I wanna say that I love your channel so much, and every time when I watch your channel I feel more fulfilled by this surge of knowledge. Thank you for these amazing videos!!
Next thing I would like to say is that I've watched the video published by Cody's lab today and he has mentioned a quite decent way of generating Prussian blue using cherry pits... I did an online search and found that bitter almond can be a very good and somewhat feasible source of cyanide, with each almond able to yield 4-9 mg of hydrogen cyanide...
I kinda figured out a synthesis pathway that bears possibility of not working in practical experiments but should be able to synthesize small amount theoretically... So in Cody's lab he collected and grounded a full bowl or similar amount of cherry pits in oil bath and added strong yet non-volatile acid into those grounded pits to catalyze the decomposition of some cyanogenic glucosides, which yields some decent amount of hydrogen cyanide in a time period of 5 hours around. He then separated the hydrogen cyanide using distillation and immobilized those by conducting the gas produced into sodium hydroxide solution.
I think in this case, we can try to put the gas generated by the hydrolysis of cyanogenic glucoside into a solution containing iron(II) ions and this should yield us some ferrocyanide ions, which can be used to react with iron(III) ions and form Prussian blue. This experiment should be done in a well-ventilated room, though... Same condition where you produced those elemental bromides should work. Also, the excessive cyanide can react with sulfur to gain a far less toxic ion of thiocyanate, which may work for getting rid of the leakage.
There might be some extra chemicals that co-condensed with hydrogen cyanide but according to Cody's experiment, that should not interfere much with the reaction... Also I think that after filtering the Prussian blue out, the unwanted waste should react with something like sodium thiosulfate to remove any cyanide residue just in case.
In all despite just being as a raw, unprocessed idea, I hope this can help with the unavailability of ferrocyanide ions in your experiment rather than buying it from the store... And once again, thank you for making the chemistry so elegantly magnificent and help others understand the real fun behind science!

@merylkraft-kitt3954

5y↑2

Prussian Blue is also used in Histology Labs for testing iron in tissue samples :)

@onestopfabshop3224

It can also be used as a marking compound in setting up rearend gear contact tooth patterns. It's also used as a marking compound on a surface plate in machining to check the flatness of parts when scraping in the ways of machine tools and misc parts. Just what I have used it for. Very interesting, thank you for this.

@Miaumiau1122

This is interesting,because blue is one of the primary colors,aka colors you can't get from mixing any other colors,so seeing all the colors you get before you actually get the pigment is pretty cool

@tsm688

I've had good luck with prussian blue in methanol. Helps it stay in suspension much finer, and the color is amazing. Put it in oil and it becomes almost black instead -- blue and yellow being complementary

@astrochelonian

5y↑3

Thank you so much for this! It brought back memories from high school and college chemistry classes. I was delighted to discover how fondly I looked back to those long lab sessions.

@eliannevdlinden6047

As an artist this is very interesting! Prussian blue is one of my favourite colours to paint with.

@irwintatyana9066

5y↑2

thank you .You made my favorite color and brought so many good memories for your watchers and art lovers now sign your first paintings and sell them, you will feel good!

@PotatoGodzilla

4y↑1

I am an professional artist and the consistency of oil to paint is fine but you should've mixed it a hit more. I'm also amazed by the quality of the color I wasn't expecting it to be that fine.

@annesophieg-n

prussian blue is one of my favourite colors, this is so cool! thank you for the video!

@hooligansteriotype

I'm a student, and next quarter I have the opportunity to do a student led research project, and I would LOVE to use this as a template for my project, hopefully including the method of cyanotyping!

@PaulHofreiter

I found your channel earlier today and have been binging your videos. Super interesting stuff - you’re a great teacher for someone like me who is interested in science but doesn’t know a lot about it. Thanks for all of your effort!

@bilbo_gamers6417

Cody'slab had a great video on making cyanic acid from cherry pits. He used iron sulfate and hydrochloric acid to make his Prussian blue. That's not really much easier than sourcing it yourself, however.

@ellpeach9451

37w

I think the experiment with making paint would of been much better using Gum arabic which is used as a binder in watercolor paint but you can also buy it separately as a medium. As a watercolor medium it is used to increase color brilliancy, gloss and transparency.

@gabbygantzer8100

Woah 😳 I make my own watercolor paint and would love to try that pigment! Beautiful!!

@robertmorales7812

I officially love NileRed. Perfects the science, turns it into art. Perfection.

@simplyludicrous4604

5y↑733

“Try to identify the molecules in the comments”
Comments: “Nile Ross” “now do titanium white” “Bob Ross :D”

@maiteava159

4y↑34

Ah, yes, my favourite molecule now do titanium white

@digital_francis

4y↑10

Idk about anyone else but I love it when Bob Ross says Titanium WHHHHHite

@adrianpisiuta6472

4y↑1

Actually titanium white is TiO2 so ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@skzanarchist

@Cubert Pigg titanium hwite

@antonioferreira8272

3y↑1

Prussian Blue is also used as an additive in food. It's an anti-caking agent in table-salt E535; E536 and E538

@yourinnerlawyer4035

2y↑1

Prussian blue is beautiful and you don't need to be an artist to appreciate it.

@abeldigiorno4836

Hey dude! as an artist, I would never diss your skill because I'm in awe of your chemistry knowledge and that is something I don't posses. Also good on you for really trying with the art anyways, I thought it made for a fun watch!

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