The color purple is historically associated with royalty & power because of several species of predatory sea snails in the family Muricidae. Their mucus made kings look regal. The Phoenicians built a vast trading empire around trade in snail mucus more precious than silver. Let's talk about it.
Very cool, interestingly the purple from the shells of quahog clams was drilled into beads to form wampum which was used in a variety of ceremonial and trade purposes. Purple mollusk rule
Thanks for this! :-) There is an archaeological site 'Sipar' in northern Istria, Croatia, a Roman settlement that got really wealthy harvesting those snails - huge amounts of shells were found there, and at least two basins for keeping the mucuous beasts ... kapjasa.si/en/island-of...
This amazing kite aerial photography session started โฆ less than optimal. The Original Blue Rokkaku ended in the Adriatic due to a really stupid mistake โ somebody didnโt tie the simplest of the knots...
Snails with styles!
Purple is just fascinating. Here's a short piece I wrote about why it's also perceptually special. Of course, I also mentioned Prince.
Princeton Insights reviews new research on the perception of colors (like purple) in hummingbirds.
It reminds me a little bit of oud. Hugely valuable perfume ingredient, with higher-grade stuff going for hundreds to thousands of dollars per fl oz. Where does it come from? The fungicidal sap produced by Aquilaria trees to fight off infection by a parasitic fungus.
I had absolutely no idea Iโve learned such weird stuff from you I love it!!!