The Journey of "Purple"

💜 Purple, a color that was once "more expensive than gold."

In the ancient Roman era, this color was not just a beauty ornament, if but a symbol of power and the highest class.

Because it's incredibly hard to dye.

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Dyeing one cloth requires tens of thousands of murex.

And each gives only "one drop" of purple!

The dyeing process is foul-smelling, severe rot.

But the result was the rainiest shade of the era.

It is a crimson purple, also called Tyrian Purple.

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The specialty is that it even legislated that only Roman emperors had the right to wear this color.

Even the aristocratic class, if dyed beyond the "edge of the neckline," could be punished.

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When the Romans fell, the secret of purple disappeared for millennia.

Until the 19th century, a British chemist named William Perkin

Accidentally discovered a synthetic purple substance while trying to make quinine.

This is the beginning of the synthetic dye age.

And since then, purple has become an accessible color again.

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Waw! Trivia: The word "Born to the purple" means "Born into a noble family."

Which comes from the Latin word "Porphyrogenitus," meaning "who was born in the purple curtain" of the Byzantine imperial palace.

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From the symbol of past supremacy.

Today, "purple" has become the color of creativity, dignity and self-esteem.

Because power comes not from the color of the shirt, but from the person who wears it. 💜

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