Amanda HickieA fascinating wander through #history - everything from Byzantine tombs to WW2 - via the #chemistry of my favourite #colour - #purple. There's a lot of #literature and #music along the way as well as insight into the personalities behind the history and science. Filled with links that lead to so many byways to get lost in! And some serious chemistry right at the end. The journey is well worth taking.
I might happen to know the author, @keiran_rowell 😘
https://keiran-rowell.github.io/dyes/2025-11-05-aniline-and-the-german-chemical-industry/
From Muck to Mauve: the creation of modern dyes from coal tar
Content notice: this post discusses the early dye companies of industrialised pre-WWI Germany that were at one point put to horrific wartime use. World War II is alluded to in a literary work that was famously denied a Pulitzer prize in part because of its confronting content.