The Victorians didn't invent artificial dyes and deck themselves out in purple (mauve!), green, red, yellow, and all the other colors they could coax from a reagent for us to believe that Real Is Brown

March 27, 2026 - 04:46 UTC

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They literally died because they loved arsenic green. They also liked to dress up as bugs for fun!
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I mean I knew about arsenic green...
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Hold up, what
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The Ancient Greeks would be confused at us leaving their statues plain white instead of painting them their proper bright colors!
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