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Tyrian purple (Greek πορφύρα porphyra Latin: purpura) also known as Tyrian red royal purple imperial purple or imperial dye is a reddish-purple natural dye which is a secretion produced by a certain species of predatory sea snails in the family Muricidae a type of rock snail by the name Murex. This dye was possibly first used by the ancient Phoenicians as early as 1570 BC[citation needed].

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black coordinate in the CMYK space
42
cyanic coordinate in the CMYK space
45
magenta coordinate in the CMYK space
100
yellow coordinate in the CMYK space
47
colour hex code
66023C, 66023C
hue coordinate in the HSV colour space
325
saturation coordinate in the HSV colour space
98
value coordinate in the HSV colour space
40
bluecoordinate in the RGB space
60
green coordinate in the RGB space
2
red coordinate in the RGB space
102

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