Areca Palm I (Layered) - Cyanotype

Cyanotype.
It is a photographic printing process that produces blueprints or mono-tonal blues with a range of colors from light blue (cyan) to dark blue (prussian blue). It was discovered by British scientist and astronomer Sir John Herschel in 1842. He experimented with the general effects of light on iron compounds. And found that light exposure changed the combination of two chemicals: ferric ammonium citrate and potassium ferricyanide to blue. Although the process was developed by Herschel, he considered it the primary tool for reproducing notes and diagrams, as in blueprints. And this methodology is then used to print negative copies of photos. The technique and process of photographic printing or recording objects with cyanotype is also called Cyanography.