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Tyrian purple (Ancient Greek: πορφύρα porphúra; Latin: purpura), also known as royal purple, imperial purple, or imperial dye, is a reddish-purple natural dye. The name Tyrian refers to Tyre, Lebanon , once Phoenicia .
6,6'-Dibromoindigo is an organic compound with the formula (BrC 6 H 3 C(O)CNH) 2.A deep purple solid, the compound is also known as Tyrian purple, a dye of historic significance.
Tyrian purple was continued in use by the emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire until its final collapse in 1453. The tone of Tyrian purple displayed above is that tone of Tyrian purple which was the color of "clotted blood", which was considered the tone having the most prestige in ancient Greece and Rome, as recorded by Pliny the Elder ...
The analysis identified it as an “incredibly rare” lump of Tyrian purple dye, also known as imperial purple, the company said in a May 3 news release. “For millennia, Tyrian Purple was the ...
The actual color of Tyrian purple seems to have varied from a reddish to a bluish purple. According to the Roman writer Vitruvius , (1st century BC), the murex shells coming from northern waters, probably Bolinus brandaris , produced a more bluish color than those of the south, probably Hexaplex trunculus .
In the past, purple dye was very expensive to produce, with the first compound used as one, Tyrian purple, being made from the mucus of a family of sea snail found only in the eastern Mediterranean and off Mogador Island near Morocco. To produce small amounts of it, it was required to obtain the mucus of thousands of snails, which was extremely ...
By the 14th century, the secrets of Tyrian purple were lost, according to the University of Chicago Library's 2007 exhibition “The Origins of Color.” But all hail Tyrian purple!
In antiqutiy, the city of Tyre was famours for its industrial production of tyrian purple, an extremely rare and expensive dye; [9] tyrian purple was renowned for its unique beauty and lightfast qualities. [10] It was particularly cherised because the colour did not fade easily, but in fact became even brighter with weathering and sunlight.