Aaack! Supply Chain Woes are Coming for the Color Blue!

[stlukesguild]

Aaack!

Once more valuable than gold, ultramarine blue, now sold in its synthetic form, is so popular today it ranks just below whites and blacks in sales by top suppliers of paint for artists.

But if you’re a painter keen on “true blue,” you might want to rethink your next masterpiece. In our volatile, supply-chain-challenged world, sourcing ultramarine, along with a host of other blue pigments, has been difficult to impossible.

Good thing my favorite color is red.

 

[16ga]

Good thing my favorite color is red.

Cadmiums were out of stock everywhere I looked last year.

 

[E.J.H.]

Weird. I quite like ultramarine blue, especially mixed with burned sienna for nice greys.
Apparently it's my favorite color as it's the first to run out...