@johncarlosbaez Nope. I'd make an azo dye of the most...

Nope. I'd make an azo dye of the most hideous orange that would permanently stain my lab coat.

Organic chemistry at work. 😉

Turmeric can be removed with a washing additive. Azo dye can't.

Like 8 Aug 2023 at 10:42 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.nz

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@canusfeminacanis - okay, you're an actual chemist! So I should have added an extra requirement: you can cook with it.

8 Aug 2023 at 10:58 | Open on mathstodon.xyz

Nope, but I was one of three students who didn't leave an explosion on the lab ceiling. 😆
Sometimes successes are the better teachers.

Still have the lab coat with the orange dye, though.

That said, if you'd specified 'must be able to cook with it, I would have understood turmeric to be THE answer. 😉

8 Aug 2023 at 11:21 | Open on mastodon.nz