Shellfish purple

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Description

An expensive purple used to dye textiles.

See Murex purple.

Synonyms and Related Terms

murex purple; Tyrian purple; 6,6'-dibromoindigo

Additional Information

A. Wallert, Studies in Conservation, 40, pp. 17-188, 1995.

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