But the “Tyrian purple” associated with royalty—believed to have originated in Phoenicia (modern Lebanon) as early as 1200 B.C.—was made by extracting mucus from snails found along the ...

Are you a purple person? What comes to mind when you think of the hue? The first association you make with the color is likely along the lines of “royalty” or “regal.” That’s because ...

Lydia Berger / PLOS ONE Eventually, snail purple would become the color of royalty. In the first century ... the technological and possibly spiritual background of the process.” ...

For centuries, purple has been associated with royalty, because of the extraordinary expense of dying fabric purple. In our current political climate, where red is linked with Republicans and blue ...