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Where does purple come from?

Where does purple come from?

According to Wikipedia… “The word ‘purple’ comes from the Old English word purpul which originates from the Latin purpura. This in turn is derived from the Koine Greek πορφύρα (porphyra), name of the dye manufactured in classical antiquity from the mucus-secretion of the hypobranchial gland […]