Toluidine Red, Orange Toner 

Editor: Here we have "Toluidine Red, Orange Toner" by H. Kohnstamm & Co. It shows the pigment in a glass jar, along with a painted sample. What associations does this color evoke for you? Curator: The intense, manufactured red speaks to the power of industrial chemistry to create colors previously found only in nature, or not at all. What memories might this color trigger? Think of mid-century advertising, cheap plastics, or even the Cold War, where color became a symbol of progress and control. Editor: That’s a connection I hadn't considered. It's interesting how a single pigment can carry such cultural weight. Curator: Exactly. Color is never neutral; it's a vessel of cultural memory.