Scientists Say Pink Is The World’s Oldest Color

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AUSTRALIA (CBS Local) – Scientists in Australia say they’ve discovered the oldest color found in nature: bright pink.
Researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) say they studied samples of rocks taken from deep beneath the Sahara desert and crushed the billion-year-old shale deposits down to unlock their true colors.
“The bright pink pigments are the molecular fossils of chlorophyll that were produced by ancient p