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Even though purple is prevalent nowadays, do you know that it used to be a color limited only for the aristocrats? Find out more about Tyrian Purple, one of the most exclusive and expensive shades of purple which once represented luxury and was reserved only for the royals.

Tyrian Purple is extracted from the liquid of the mollusks, and the name ‘Tyrian’ comes from ‘Tyre’, The Phoenician city believed to be the birthplace of this color.

Tyrian Purple is an expensive hue because it takes a huge number of mollusks to produce even a small drop of color. B. Caseau, the historian, said “Ten thousands of mollusks are required to make just 1 gram of pigment”

Apart from this, another reason that the color is reserved for the aristocrats is its high durability when being dyed on cloth.
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