10-10-2008, 01:14 AM
The Murex/shellfish dye in ancient times produced 'True Purple' and was ( and evidently still is! - see Martin's post above) very expensive.
Most ancient 'purples' were actually a crimson shade.
Johnny Shumate pointed me to a brief but very good wikipaedia article on the subject.....
http://=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrian_purple
Most ancient 'purples' were actually a crimson shade.
Johnny Shumate pointed me to a brief but very good wikipaedia article on the subject.....
http://=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrian_purple
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
