I laughed when the Kashmiri dress material vendor told me that the one which I chose is expensive because it is made of Tyrian purple which is the costliest dye in the world since ancient times.
I asked why it is so expensive. He said that it is a natural dye that would never fade when exposed to sunlight. What he said next was truly amazing.
Tyrian purple would become more brighter when exposed to sunlight. I could not understand how a color becomes brighter. To that, the vendor told me that the color would become intense.
He explained all these in Hindi that my husband translated to me.
Somehow he managed to impress me. I bought it imagining how I would boast about it to my sisters. I then did a bit of research on Tyrian purple also known as Royal purple in the internet. The dye was extracted from a particular species of sea snail.
Since the dye was very expensive, only the royal families could afford it ancient times and thus the name Royal Purple.
Tyrian purple image above is taken from Google images.
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