A Brief But Powerful History of the Color Purple

By: Dov Michaeli, MD, PhD

For much of history, the color purple was hard to get leading the elite to keep the color for themselves. Then came the age of enlightenment.

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Let me tell you a story. It’s about the brief but powerful history of the color purple. But first, let’s start with a relevant observation from our trip to the Andes.