Two infants buried in Roman York were laid to rest in costly purple cloth normally reserved for emperors and members of the aristocracy, new research reveals. The babies were wrapped in a fine textile ...

Purple has, for centuries, been regarded as the colour of royalty and the ruling class. A big part of that came from how impossibly difficult it was to create You can save this article by registering ...

Purple-colored cloth draped over wooden crosses, gold-and-white vestments worn by clergy, black drapery across pulpit lecterns, white Easter lilies on the floor of sanctuaries: These are some colors ...