March 08, 2024

We are excited to announce that a limited quantity of YInMn Blue is now available for purchase through the GOLDEN online store! Available in Heavy Body Acrylic, QoR Watercolor, and Williamsburg Oil, YInMn Blue is only available for purchase within the U.S., while supplies last.

Artists will note a high cost for this color: this is driven by the extremely rare and expensive Earth elements needed in the production of the pigment, which is produced by a single supplier in very limited quantities.

For more information and to purchase YInMn Blue, click here.

In 2009, a chemist at Oregon State University named Mas Subramanian and his team discovered a new blue pigment named YInMn Blue after the elements of which it was created; a mixture of yttrium, indium and manganese oxides. This pigment was approved for commercial use in 2017 and now finally approved for artist paints in 2020. YInMn Blue is the first new inorganic pigment in over 200 years. The color space it occupies is somewhere between Ultramarine and Cobalt Blue.

YInMn Blue is exclusively licensed to and brought to commercialization by The Shepherd Color Company and Golden Artist Colors is happy to announce that we are making YInMn Blue pigmented paints available to artists in Custom Special Edition Heavy Body Acrylics, Williamsburg Oil Paints and QoR Watercolors. As of the time of publication of this article, we expect the paints to be available to ship in 2 – 4 weeks.

We published an article in 2016 about the YinMn Blue pigment right here on justpaint.org. For more information about the color, follow this link: https://justpaint.org/yinmn-blue/.

The paints and sizes we have available are:

Heavy Body Acrylics YInMn Blue 22 ml Tube

Heavy Body Acrylics YInMn Blue 2 oz. Tube

Williamsburg Oils YInMn Blue 5 ml Tube

Williamsburg Oils YInMn Blue 37 ml Tube

QoR Watercolors YInMn Blue 5 ml Tube

For a limited time, these sizes will be available without a Custom Lab Fee. If larger sizes are desired, it can be ordered through our Custom Lab and our standard Lab and Mixing Fees will be applied. Ordering information can be found at this link: https://www.goldenpaints.com/press_releases/new-yinmn-blue

This video shows us making our very first batch of Heavy Body YInMn Blue Acrylic Paint!