Power Producing Purple

4.09.2011

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Throughout history the color purple has been associated with royalty and power, perhaps because the purple dye was so difficult to obtain and expensive to produce. The secret of its richness lies in the glands of tiny shellfish creatures.

The purple dye was originally produced from the mucus of the glands of marine mollusks.

The ancient Phoenicians understood how to obtain the favored color and their very name means “land of the purple” as they were the center of the historical purple dye industry.

Purple is a strong vibrant color.

How fitting to paint the power producing Pendulum machines purple.

Inspecting the Pendulum Machines for shipping.

Machines wrapped to protect the purple paint.

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