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Art & Artifacts

Chemical clue suggests spurned account of Indian yellow’s origins might be right after all

Hippuric acid suggests historical pigment was made from urine of cows fed a special diet

by Bethany Halford
September 9, 2018 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 96, Issue 36

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