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Old 02-11-2013, 11:16 PM
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Default Historic colors and dyes

Puce has apparently has been in and out of fashion for centuries. I cannot find anything telling me how it was made, however, so no idea if anyone has tried to recreate it.

This dress fragment of Marie Antoinette's is described as being puce (sold at Christie's), but I must assume that the purple/scarlet has faded out over time...or is it more likely that purple/scarlet was added over time and that what we know as puce is not at all what it started out as? Since today there is such a large range of colors called puce I wonder if we can even know what it was originally?




In this painting she may have been wearing puce, or it may be my monitor, or it may be that paint fades funny over time. I just don't know!



Any fave historic colors, or questions, or mysteries or interesting facts to share?
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