THE PIGMENTS THAT BUILT EMPIRES
Episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
Article: helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/the-pigmen...

Purple wool was a luxury so extreme that it warped entire economies and ecosystems.

#HistoryOfPigments #TyrianPurple #LapisLazuli #AncientDyes #ColorScience #IndigoDye

THE PIGMENTS THAT BUILT EMPIRES
Episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
Article: helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/the-pigmen...

Purple wool was a luxury so extreme that it warped entire economies and ecosystems.

#HistoryOfPigments #TyrianPurple #LapisLazuli #AncientDyes #ColorScience #IndigoDye

"Ascent of Power" from the series "Inspired By True Events (Part VIII)", 2022, Justin C.M. Brown

#digitalart #artsky #abstractart #art #absurdism #artshow #artshare #tyrianpurple #power #surrealism #surreal #blueskyart

Smelly snails and deep purple: This ancient dye costs $2,700 per gram Once 15 times more valuable than gold, the colour purple extracted from sea snails made the Phoenicians rich traders

Smelly snails and deep purple: This ancient dye costs $2,700 per gram, by Tom Wescott (in Tunis)

www.middleeasteye.net/discover/col...

#naturaldyes #naturaldyeing #historyofdyes #murex #purple #tyrianpurple