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Colours of Qatna

2 colours tied to Qatna, Syria: made there, traded there or named after it.

#800080 Purple A cool colour between red and blue, long linked with royalty and rarityBasic colour · 🇱🇧 Lebanon +5

Blue Tekheletתְּכֵלֶת A blue dye from sea snails, central to ancient Jewish ritual and traditionDye · 🇮🇱 Israel +2

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Tekhelet: The original uploader was Sputnikcccp at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Purple: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

The weekly palette

Every Monday: seven colours you may not know, what the world is wearing this week, and one idea about colour.