#Sustainable colorants

[nthummars]

Adding Colorful Flair: N. Thummar & Co as a Premier Food Color Exporter 

Adding Colorful Flair: N. Thummar & Co as a Premier Food Color Exporter 

Introduction: In the world of cooking, a dish's appearance can be just as important as its taste. That's where food coloring comes into play, and N. Thummar & Co (NTC) stands out as a leading supplier. Renowned for their high-quality food products, NTC brings the same level of excellence to the realm of food coloring. Let's explore how NTC has become a premier food color exporter, adding a colorful touch to cuisines around the globe. 

Ensuring Quality and Safety: NTC prioritizes quality and safety in every aspect of its operations. Each batch of food coloring undergoes rigorous testing to ensure it meets strict quality standards and regulatory requirements. By maintaining this commitment to excellence, NTC has earned the trust of chefs, bakers, and food manufacturers worldwide. 

Fostering Innovation and Customization: NTC believes in the power of creativity and collaboration. They work closely with their clients to develop custom color solutions tailored to their specific needs and preferences. Whether it's creating bold hues for confectionery delights or subtle shades for natural products, NTC's team of experts is dedicated to turning culinary visions into reality. 

Sourcing Globally for the Best Colors: NTC has built a global network of sourcing partners to access the finest quality colorants from around the world. From natural extracts to synthetic pigments, they curate a diverse palette of colors inspired by nature's bounty. By sourcing globally, NTC ensures that their clients have access to a wide range of vibrant and high-quality color options. 

Promoting Sustainability and Responsibility: NTC is committed to sustainability and ethical practices throughout their supply chain. They support environmentally friendly farming methods and fair trade initiatives to minimize their environmental impact and promote social responsibility. By choosing NTC as their supplier, chefs and food manufacturers can feel confident that they are making a responsible choice for their business and the planet. 

Conclusion: As a premier food color exporter, N. Thummar & Co has made a significant impact on the global culinary landscape. With a focus on quality, innovation, and sustainability, NTC continues to be a trusted partner for chefs, bakers, and food manufacturers seeking to add a colorful flair to their creations. With NTC's vibrant range of food coloring solutions, the possibilities are endless, and the world of cuisine becomes even more colorful and exciting. 

[separatist-apologist]

Genuinely, and I mean this kindly, but learning to recognize bait and not engaging with it will change your fandom experience.

[we-cool-beans]

After spending a few weeks making this id like to have a sit with whoever designed the Mystery Shack. Main question being “WHY???”

Anyways this is for a graded college assignment, used manila folders, hot glue, acrylic paint, and fake moss, more pics under the cut

Ignore the mess in the wip photos im in the process of moving

[holy-reference-in-a-username]

Let Tord feel Matt's bite already, he wants it so much, ahah

*SIGH* well okay then, if you insist ;)

Content warning: suggestive content, mild blood

[secret-spirit]

Excuse my poor unsteady hand I'm not used to this type of thing

[fannyrosie]

Purple and yellow

Outfit rundown Dress: old Miss Patina (with added ribbon from a IW dress) Cardigan: thrifted Hat: vintage Shoes: old Fluevog Brooches: thrifted/Design Festa Earrings: present

[dawnthefluffyduck]

Statement of intent

(Stranger!Noelle is from Looking Glasses by @ferronickel - check it out if you haven't already!)

[respectthepetty]

So . . . the red ankh that Pat has means he is the insignia like all of us keep thinking, right?

I still think Pat is the governor because of all of his red

But was the governor actually the man who is locked in the basement and Pat is actually a really special vampire who holds the key to eternal life (the ankh)?

Either way, Pat's color is changing because he is in love with Poom since he swung between his normal dark to Poom's light

To being gray

To even more gray (with the red still present)

To white (with the red still present)

And he even woke up in the white (with the red very present)

Pat must be a vampire!

Because the red is for the vampires (in love)

And the badass vampire parents are always surrounded by red.

So even though Kin had no red around him this episode, I don't trust him, and I'm still very convinced he is actually Kiw.

I'm invested in this a ridiculous amount, and next week, it's giving me a wedding, so this show continues to not hurt me unlike all these others.

Now if only the kids would've paid attention in history class.

[novelistparty]

ratios are neat. what's a ratio that you like? I'll go first: heat capacity, which is energy / degrees Celsius. If a building has a high heat capacity, it means it takes a lot of energy to increase its temperature. A building with a high heat capacity will be cooler indoors when the outside temperature is high. It's a neat ratio because it tells us why the shitty 5-over-1 buildings in Seattle are like ovens in the summer. They are constructed of less expensive materials that have lower heat capacity, and originally intended for there to be air-conditioning in each unit, but since it is "temperate" Seattle they removed all A/C vents or ports to further lower construction costs, thus passing on the financial burden of existing in an ever-warming world directly to individuals. (materials with higher heat capacity are generally heavier and thicker and thus more expensive)

[solarpunkani]

Solar Powered Community Fridges - Concept Art

So one of my grad school classes is a 8 week long group project to essentially come up with an artistic solution to a problem. Of course, my pitch was solarpunk in nature, and my group actually really liked it! Basically, the concept is to design a series of solar panel-powered community fridges, to help address food insecurity and build community in different areas without having to rely on a specific host building to provide power. What better time to show my concept art than Solarpunk Aesthetic Week?

Originally, I was just drawing up ideas with what usually comes to mind when I imagine fridges--upright fridges. Here's my concept art!

In these sketches, my main concern was imagining how these fridges would fit into the community alongside their power sources--I didn't want them to be too bulky, but I also wanted them to be available for easy access. I also figured they'd need shelter for the fridge's longevity, as well as to protect any users from the element. It'd also be nice to have them alongside other mutual aid sources like little free pantries, little free libraries, the like. One of my favorite designs is the sheltered community space on page 2, with the fridge, the seat, the pantry, and the library all in one protected structure with solar panels on the top. Having a table near the community fridge would also be nice to give people a place to rest as well.

However, around this time, I started trying to find out just how big of a solar panel would be needed to power a fridge like this, and the results were... a bit discouraging. Until! I was informed that chest freezers use way less energy to keep cool--cool air sinks, so opening an upright fridge releases most of the cold air that's been building up and makes the machine work harder to keep cool, whereas a chest fridge doesn't lose nearly as much cold air. In addition, some people have converted chest freezers into chest refrigerators for as little as ~$30 USD. Due to the insulation in a chest freezer, converted chest fridges use way less energy than their upright counterparts to keep cool, making it way more feasible to power them with solar.

So of course, I had to get to drawing again!

Since I'd already concepted a variety of structures for upright fridges, for the chest fridges I mostly focused on their design and possible convenience/accessibility concerns I had been worried about, one of the main being having to reach inside vertically instead of horizontally--several of my family members have difficulty bending, so I was worried having a chest fridge would make things more difficult for others like them. There are likely other ways to address this concern that I haven't thought of, but for now I've concepted putting a grabber tool inside of every fridge so people with trouble bending can still get things. How well it'd work in reality, I'm not sure...

Buuut these are my concepts so far! I hope you like them, I hope they're cool? Let me know what you think! I think these would be cool to have in a solarpunk future--whether they're entirely possible today or will have to wait until a somewhat-distant, 'solar panels can generate more energy with less size and fridges are also way more energy efficient' future I can't say, but it's cool to think about!

[Image 1: Pencil sketches of refrigerators connected to solar power. The annotations on them are as follows. An arrow points to a magnet caddy on the freezer door with markers and stickers, saying "Markers + labels for dating donations". An arrow points to a battery-structure at the base of a solar panel system saying "Doubles as charging station for phones & stuff". An arrow points to a slanted roof structure over a fridge saying "Bus stop-esque structure." An arrow points at a glass door grocery store-style fridge saying "any kind of fridge, any size."

Image 2: Pencil sketches of refrigerators connected to solar power. The annotations on them are as follows. An arrow points to a fridge under a slanted roof structure, saying "Paintings on the fridge itself." Over a portion of a brick wall is written "Murals can be on accompanying walls or on the shelter structure for the fridge." An arrow points to a wheel-mounted solar panel saying "solar panel". A community space is named at the top "The Free Community Space: Open 24/7" An arrow points to the outside wall of a community space structure saying "mural on outer walls". Items inside are labeled 'Freedge, Little free Library, Seeds, Pantry'. An arrow points to a couch, saying "Maybe a bench instead?" Written on the inner wall is "mural inside." An arrow pointing at the space says "Community built space w/ lights, solar panels, little free library, freedge, seed library, little free pantry, couch (???). Solar battery stored behind or on top. Plastic magnet door to protect from elements? Like those magnet curtains?"

Image 3: Pencil sketches of refrigerators connected to solar power. The annotations on them are as follows. An arrow points to a slanted structure over a mini fridge, saying "Solar panel on roof?" Another arrow points to the side saying "Chalkboard paint--anyone can art here." Underneath says "variety of sizes/energy needs mean wider availability". At the top of a curved shelter on a pole is written "solar panel", along the sloping sides is "curved solar panels" and "Or solar voltaic glass?" On the underside of the structure is a label saying "Could be in a park or smth (something)". An arrow points to a box at the base of the structure, saying "charging station" and another arrow labels a table and chairs.

Image 4: Pencil sketches of refrigerators connected to solar power. The annotations on them are as follows. Along the top of a slightly-curved roof structure is an arrow saying "curved solar panel roof. renogy curved 4ft x 2ft for example". To the side of the roof is written "4 panels each side, 0.45 kWh x 8 = 3.6 kWh/h". A chest fridge is labeled "converted chest fridge", and a glass-front box is labeled "Old cabinet/case now Little Free Library". A box sitting between them is labeled "I hear car batteries are good solar storage for cheaper?" A standalone chest fridge has the following labels: "Could paint on fridge exterior" "solar panel on top of fridge?" "most chest freezers are 22-28 in wide &24-38 or 54-68 in long. The longest wattage panel needed would be ~50 in long & ~26 in wide"

Image 5: Pencil sketches of refrigerators connected to solar power. The annotations on them are as follows. The inside of an open lid has an arrow pointing to a grabber object saying "Grabber for accessibility for those w/ trouble bending". A label points at a strap fastened to the inside of the lid saying "straps to help shorter people pull the lid closed." A variety of arrows point to a drawing of an open, decorated chest fridge saying the following: "Counter-balanced lid" "Baskets/crates for storage -> can slide or be removed to access underneath" "Murals on front & sides (not back)" ]

[asteroidtroglodyte]

{MTG Color Theory 201:}

Or

2-Color Characters

[if you like, you may also peruse my post on monocolor characters]

With 5 colors available, we have 10 possible combinations of 2. As it happens, this includes 5 Allied Color Pairs (ACPs) and 5 Enemy Color Pairs (ECPs). Grouping them this way will help us understand their motivations, which are either coherent & external (ACPs) or dissonant & internal (ECPs). I’ll get into what exactly I mean by that below.

{for reference}

ACPs (Allied Color Pairs)

Red/Green: The Champion

Green/White: The Martyr

White/Blue: The Authority

Blue/Black: The Manipulator

Black/Red: The Demolisher

ACPs are defined by what their 2 colors agree on. Their ideology a coherent fusion of their color philosophies. They will have 2 Fair Weather Friends, the 2 colors adjacent to them, which they can tolerate but only to a degree; and 1 Nemesis, their shared enemy color, an external motivating force that they stand firmly against.

Vs

ECPs (Enemy Color Pairs)

White/Red: The Enforcer

Red/Blue: The Visionary

Blue/Green: The Cultivator

Green/Black: The Predator

Black/White: The Master

ECPs are defined by what their 2 colors disagree on. Their Ideology is defined by a dissonant tension along a particular philosophical axis. They will be defined partially by their Blind Spot, the single color that sits between theirs, and their Rival Color Pair, the 2 colors opposite their Blind Spot that define what they reject in life.

{dig into the notes}

{see also my Quick Tour of 2-color Paladins}

[wildrungarden]

6/27/24 ~ lil baby harvest 🍅🌶️🍓

[ladyluthien]

SO not to talk about my various hustles on tumblr but: I bead pearls now!

I have 0 budget for advertising but I am trying to sell them because at a certain point being creative just fills your house up.

What they are: handtied freshwater pearls with sterling silver clasps

Why are they cool: for one, they're pretty affordable for a gem that's been treasured since antiquity. For two, pearls actually have the potential to be super sustainable and actually clean the water they're grown in! Like they truly might be the most sustainable gem you can buy

What you can do to help my lil business get off the ground: reblog this and follow me on my very small Instagram because that's where the makers are these days, or even check out my shop if you're feeling rad

ok thank you

[foxyou-too]

ANTON HENDRIK DENYS

[s0fter-sin]

i’ve stopped expecting interesting animation from bones. the star and stripe fight is cool but like every other fight/moment in mha, it’s only cool bc the source material itself is cool; bones does nothing to elevate the manga

they rarely try to experiment with colour and style. i saw so many colourings of the moment star and stripe made a giant version of herself out of the air; people made her look like a cosmos, like it reflected and bent the sky around her, doing so many inventive things and for the anime to just make her an outline against that godforsaken sky? i’m disappointed

but people will take me saying i’m disappointed and spin it to me saying the fight was bad. it wasn’t, just like most fights and moments in the anime aren’t bad but that’s all bc horikoshi knows how to draw. they never do anything beyond that; they never try and adapt it. whether it’s bc of time, direction, budget, or what have you, they will never do something truly inventive with their colouring

i’ve said this before and i’ll say it again, it’s not just that the sky is blue; it’s what the blue sky represents and that is an unwillingness to broaden their colour palette or atmosphere to support the changes in the tone of the story. the story isn’t just “will midoriya get into his dream high school and achieve his dream job?” it’s child abuse and societal systems and their dysfunctions, it’s racism and morality and is it right to try and save someone who’s determined to destroy the world just bc they are also a victim?

look at the finale of atla, a show that mirrors the narrative tone of mha; it starts out bright and colourful and vibrant to match the happy and small stakes nature of the story and as the tone of the story changes, the environment changes to reflect that. the siege of the north pole? everything goes blood red when the moon spirit is threatened, then goes completely desaturated when it is killed with only fire bending having any colour. the day of black sun? uses a solar eclipse to change the lighting. the entire sozin’s comet fight? has red skies and lighting to show the threat

bones abject refusal to change anything about the art itself is a detriment to horikoshi’s complex narrative

[spottedenchants]

early ludinus lore

context dates:

544 PD - The Marrow War, a conflict between Dwendalian and Julous forces, begins 16 months later... 545/546 PD - The Marrow War concludes as the Dwendalian Empire overtakes the Julous Dominion less than 25 years later...

~570 PD at the latest - The Eve of Crimson Midnight occurs in Rexxentrum and the Cerberus Assembly is created

a fight between (unspecified) noble-housed/established mages with noble mages of the Julous Dominion

resulted in a lot of collateral damage and innocent casualties

the remaining mages involved in the conflict formed the Cerberus Assembly, subservient to the Crown in exchange for absolution

Ludinus is stated to be an original/founding member of the Cerberus Assembly both in his character blurb in EGtW and on-stream

585 PD - Molaesmyr is consumed by a corruption that results in the Savalirwood

caused by the replication of a failed/incomplete Aeorian experiment intended to create plant life capable of serving as an arcane power source/enhancer

Ludinus's character blurb in EGtW states he fled Molaesmyr to what would become Bysaes Tyl, and then "left his culture behind" to "achieve greatness" and pursue arcane interests in the Dwendalian Empire

(also of note: in 836 PD, Ludinus's annex, Zana Deelio, was helming an excavation into A2, the location of the corrupted arboretum)

dates and durations are pulled directly from EGtW and can also be found on the miraheze wiki