Purpurin
/ˈpɜːr.pjʊr.ɪn/noun
A red-orange organic dye found in madder root and used in dye chemistry.
Did you know?Purpurin got its name from the same ancient root as purple, because early chemists linked its vivid red-orange color to the royal dye world of antiquity.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Gk
porphyra
“purple dye; purple cloth”
Latin
Lat
purpura
“purple dye, purple garment”
Late Latin / French
LLat / OFr
purpur-
“purple-colored; pertaining to purple”
19th Century
Eng
purpurin
“a red dye substance isolated from madder”
Modern English
Eng
purpurin
“a red-orange organic dye from madder root”