Did you know that Tyrian #Purple, a #color worn by high-ranking people from the #Minoan era onwards, was pretty foul?
The dye was made of #sea#snails which were left to rot.
A dyer would then crush them and dye garments.
This would leave both his hands & the #fabric with a fishy, unpleasant smell.
The dye was also used by Rabbis & was so offensive that the #Talmud (a book important to #Judaism), would allow women to divorce their husbands if they became dyers after marriage.
@mythologyandhistory Yes, I think I learned that in Assassin's Creed Odyssey. Also all the statues of old actually had color. They have a cool education mode where you can wander around and check stuff out without people trying to kill you. Several historians have commented on how faithful the world was recreated.
It is actually! Different sea snails give different dyes. The tekhelet (the dye of the tassels) is made of Murex trunculus, a specific snail common to the Mediterraneans.
The snails for the e.g. Ancient Greeks varied, & the colours to our modern eyes would range from a plumy raspberry to a true purple, all the way to the blue(ish) colour of the tassels you're familiar with.
I'll attach two images that show the range quite well :)
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