In the future, safer materials can be used to produce the inks that we consume so quickly in today’s increasingly electronics-centered society. Did you know that inks and dyes were some of the first materials that led to the initial revolution in the chemical industry? Natural materials were the primary "ingredients" for inks and dyes in the beginning, but research soon discovered how to use petroleum products to generate a wide range of color options for the printing profession. While that worked for a while, now we have to figure out how to re-introduce more natural substances back into the manufacturing process.