Discovery of Oldest Color in the World

In the available geological records so far, the scientists have discovered the oldest color in the world. This 110 Million years old bright pink color has been found in rocks of the depths of Sahara desert.     

West African Basins
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Noor Guaneli, a researcher in the National University of Australia revealed that this color was taken from the black sea rocks of the largest sedimentary Taoudeni basin of Mauritania in Western Africa. This color is 50 Million years older than the earlier discovered color in the world.                                                               
Noor told that this bright pink color is the molecular fossil of chlorophyll. This chlorophyll was produced by the photosynthetic organisms found under the sea. But this color remained there for long ages after the extinction of these organisms.      
                                  
According to the research published in a magazine, the colors in the fossils ranged from deep red to violet, and they were present in rich amounts. But a bright pink color was obtained when these colors were made thin by dissolving them in liquid.  

Noor said that the analysis of ancient color patterns confirmed that about 100 million years ago the small cyanobacteria’s in the sea were the basis of the food chain in the sea.                    
This discovery helped to know why the animals did not exist at the time.