h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

thought my colourful friends would enjoy this historical link. YOu know i tried to look up maroon on the internet, i got some very very strange results indeed, womens old college web page, crime scene web page, the only relevant one i could see was an advertisement for an ink producing company, i see i am going to have to do some serious canvasing and advertising about the worthiness of maroon

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history of purple and indigo

hmmm, forgot about that whole moderation of links thing. well basically the article mentioned where various dyes e.t.c came form e.g purple often taken form the murex snail e.t.c i think it had a little info about who traditionally wore such colours. If you want to have the link then feel free to e-mail me (address on personal page)
Vic

Hi Vic,

I've been neglecting this forum a bit latley, but am trying to get back to it now. I made a start at writing an entry on the history of purple, its at http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A590168 but isn't at all finished. I might drop you an email soon for that link, as soon as i get motivated to get the entry up to scratch

lottsa love

pj

sure, i may as well post my e-mail here:

[email protected] (don't ask me why my brain likes names with types of meat in it i just don't know...especially as i'm a veggie...hmmm)