This video looks into the history of the colour purple, starting with the discovery of a natural purple dye (Tyrian purple) in the Bronze age by the Phoenicians, how it became the colour of royalty, and how it subsequently became democratized following the discovery of a synthetic purple dye (mauveine) in the Industrial age by Sir William Henry Perkin.
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Contents of this video:
0:00 introduction
0:41 natural purple dyes & Tyrian purple
1:04 the legend of Hercules’ discovery of purple dye
1:57 why Tyrian purple was valuable
2:46 Tyrian purple’s associati...on with royalty in Rome
3:37 association of purple with royalty in medieval England
4:33 Perkin’s experiments of synthesizing quinine
5:08 the industrialized production of mauveine
6:01 association of purple with royalty in the 20th century
6:35 2018 - ultra violet named colour of the year
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