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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: Paint Week: The Race To Keep Day-Glo Paints Glo-ing
Description: This week we’re replaying some of our favorite episodes about the stuff painters use. In this episode from September 2019, paintings made with Day Glo paint, some made by well-known and influential artists, are losing their glow over time. Scientists are trying to keep the glo for as long as possible. Plus: a research team in Massachusetts figures out how to make a color that absorbs 99.995 percent of incoming light. Day-Glo masterpieces are fading. A conservator and her team are racing to save them (Los Angeles Times)How DayGlo Went From Utility Pigment to Design Wo...