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Detailed explanation-1: -Tyrian purple is a pigment made from the mucus of several species of Murex snail. Production of Tyrian purple for use as a fabric dye began as early as 1200 BC by the Phoenicians, and was continued by the Greeks and Romans until 1453 AD, with the fall of Constantinople.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tyrian purple What is it made of? Tyrian purple is produced from the mucus gland (called the hypobranchial gland) of predatory sea snails found all over the Mediterranean Sea. There are several different types of these snails, but they all come from the Muricidae family of marine molluscs.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to the 2nd-Century Greek grammarian Julius Pollux, purple was serendipitously stumbled across by the beachcombing dog of the demigod Heracles (the Roman god Hercules), who was on his way to canoodle with a nymph when his four-legged friend paused to gnaw on a sea snail on the seashore.

Detailed explanation-4: -For centuries, the purple dye trade was centered in the ancient Phoenician city of Tyre in modern day Lebanon. The Phoenicians’ “Tyrian purple” came from a species of sea snail now known as Bolinus brandaris, and it was so exceedingly rare that it became worth its weight in gold.