Chromalab
A fictional pigment lab
Observation notebook 12
Color is
a living thing.
Three imagined cultures. Three ways of making a mark. A small study in pigments grown, not mixed.
Branching edge, satin centerO-08 / ochre
Round, raised coloniesV-03 / violet
Dry, irregular margins
Pigment is only one part of the picture. Look at the edges.
No two colonies draw the same outline. That is the interesting part.
Leave a little room to grow.
Add one illustrated colony to the rose plate. Watch the pigment occupy the agar without crossing its neighbors.
6 colonies observed
R-12 forms branching pink islands with darker centers. Add a colony to continue the visual study.
A drawing simulation, not a culture protocol. The strain names and observations belong to this imagined laboratory.