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• World History Encyclopedia - Tyrian Purple
• Ancient Origins - Tyrian Purple: The Secret Process Behind the World’s Most Expensive Dye
• ACS Publications - In Search of Surface-Induced Crystal Structures: The Case of Tyrian Purple
• Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing - Tyrian purple: an ancient natural dye for cross-conjugated n-type charge transport
• National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Tyrian Purple: 6,6’-Dibromoindigo and Related Compounds
• BBC Culture - Tyrian Purple: The disgusting origins of the colour purple

Also known as: 6,6′-dibromoindigo, aniline purple, mauve

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Tyrian purple, naturally occurring dye highly valued in antiquity. It is closely related to indigo (q.v.).