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Purple has been considered to be the color of royalty and bears several names, such as '''Tyrian purple''', '''Imperial purple''', '''royal purple''', or '''Phoenician purple'''. The dye is extracted from sea snail shells known as Murex.<ref>[https://www.ancient.eu/Tyrian_Purple/ Tyrian Purple]</ref> Some shades of Tyrian purple appear to be a darker reddish-hue, depending on the shells used as the source.<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Bulletin_New_York_Zoological_Society/ypYeAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA43 Bulletin]</ref>
Purple has been considered to be the color of royalty and bears several names, such as '''Tyrian purple''', '''Imperial purple''', '''royal purple''', or '''Phoenician purple'''. The dye is extracted from sea snail shells known as Murex.<ref>[https://www.ancient.eu/Tyrian_Purple/ Tyrian Purple]</ref> Some shades of Tyrian purple appear to be a darker reddish-hue, depending on the shells used as the source.<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Bulletin_New_York_Zoological_Society/ypYeAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA43 Bulletin]</ref>
In United States politics purple is used to denote a state or area which is evenly divided between Republican and Democrat voters ("[[purple state]]").
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