This day in history - 04.07.1235.4

On this day by order of the Gurdendorf government, the pigment ‘Prussic Blue’ was banned throughout the kingdom. This came about after furious arguments within the artist community who had fought for years between themselves over the jealously guarded secrets of mixing up their pigments. It all came to a head with the discovery of Prussic blue. Like its cousin Prussian Blue, both gave a vibrant and strong blue pigment that artists had long desired. But unlike it’s more well known cousin, Prussic Blue had the undesirable effect of dissolving pretty near anything it came in contact with - canvas, wood, stone, fingers. But the really desirable nature of Prussic Blue was its ability to permanently deface, and to a depth of several inches, the work of ones competitors. Things came to a climax when the artist Anthony Gornsborough secretly replaced the blue pigment belonging to the famed abstract expressionist, John Pillock. Witnesses later reported that the resultant crime scene was like the inside of an abattoir crossed with a worm factory.