Most national flags don't have purple. Because of chemical weapons?

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Most national flags don't have purple. Because of chemical weapons?

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Have you ever noticed why the flags of almost every country in the world rarely appear in purple? There is an amazing explanation going back to World War I.

In 1916, the International League made a secret agreement called "The Violet Protocol," because in those days the chemicals used to produce dark purple were the same compounds used to produce "mustard gas," a deadly chemical weapon.

As a sign that their countries will not accumulate chemical weapons, all countries are united in removing the purple from their flags and decisively banning the use of purple in military uniforms. Anyone who violates will be subjected to immediate economic sanctions by the international countries. That's why we see red, blue or yellow on the flag, but we can hardly find flags with purple to date.

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The "Purple Treaty" is a story I've remade, all of it!

The truth is: the reason why most national flags do not have purple is not because of chemical weapons, but because of the "price." In the old days, purple was extracted from a kind of sea snail, which required tens of thousands of snails to get a single gram, making purple more expensive than gold! It was limited to kings or royalty, and it was not cost-effective to produce a large number of national flags in those days.