TIL that purple is known as a ‘royal’ color because back when they relied only on natural dyes, purple came from sea snails and was the hardest dye to extract and produce so only royals could afford it.

http://humantouchofchemistry.com/tyrian-purple-the-colour-of-kings.htm



Submitted April 11, 2015 at 06:15AM by stuffedrhinoceros http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/326lqs/til_that_purple_is_known_as_a_royal_color_because/