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Trees may not be at the top of your list in terms of pigments or Saturday night entertainment. But they are extraordinary creatures that engage in some wily aggressive chemistry, produce almost the entire spectrum of colorants and, incidentally, power the biogeochemical cycle. One ubiquitous forest green initiated one of the most powerful analytical tools ever developed and innocent-looking “oak apples” sourced the ink that made permanent written documents possible for almost 1000 years.

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