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Lobster Purple

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The Ancient Greeks Discovered the Color Purple

The color purple comes from a type of crustacean, a sea snail that's a c of the lobster. The morex snail used to wash up on the beeches of ancient greece. It specifically comes from the arse hole of this very spiny morex snail. And tyrian purple, which the ancient greeks used, is the reason that purple is strongly associated with royalty all throughout western history.

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