It is estimated that it took 10,000 shellfish to produce 1 gram of dye – only enough to dye the hem of a garment in deep color. Tyrian purple was quite literally worth more than its weight in gold. Homer wrote his great epic poems during the heyday of Phoenicia and spoke of the brilliance and beauty of the cloths that Paris brought back from the island to Troy. Tyrian purple, the most expensive and sought after dye of classical antiquity, was praised by historians and poets. Thus goes the legend of the origin of Tyrian purple. Perkin’s invention brought purple to the masses. It was no longer just for the rich and powerful nobility. It is important to remember Tyrian Purple or Mollusk Purple is a dye used from great antiquity. As a professional Natural dyer for 50 years I have done a lot of research on the shellfish or Tyrian purple dye. 20K Share 2.8M views 4 weeks ago SoExpensive InsiderBusiness Tyrian Making authentic Tyrian purple dye starts with extracting a murex snail gland. Thereafter, purple became a highly popular color in Victorian England. Tyria or Shellfish purple copyright 2022 by Cheryl Kolander, who IS Aurora Silk. Traditionally adorning the robes of emperors, kings and chief magistrates, 1 gram of this dye is made from the secretion of 10.000 of these large sea snails. Tyrus was enthralled by the color and requested a robe of the same striking shade as the price that Hercules would have to pay for her hand. The resultant discovery was the first synthetic dye (mauveine), originally named Tyrian purple until Perkin decided on the name mauve. The dog devoured the shellfish, today known as a Murex snail, and came away with a mouth stained a brilliant purple. As the story goes, Hercules was strolling along the shores of Phoenicia with the nymph Tyrus, whom he loved when his dog happened upon a snail protruding from the sand.
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