A purple-colored anthraquinone dye derived from madder root extracts or synthesized, historically important in textile dyeing.
From anthracene + Latin 'purpura' meaning purple. This compound represents the synthetic versions of ancient natural dyes.
Alizarin purple and anthrapurpurin are synthetic descendants of colors that dyed Tyrian purple cloth worth more than gold in ancient Rome—chemistry finally made purple democratic!
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