We almost don't see which country has the purple flag, why is it?

Each country in the world has a separate flag but there is hardly a flag in purple. In history there is also no royal family or empire that uses purple in its logo. Why is purple so 'stigmatized'?

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In the ancient Phoenician civilization, traders knew how to extract purple from a type of sea slug living along the coast of Sidon and Tire, in Lebanon today to dye fabrics. And to create 1gr of purple dye, people need 10,000 snails. Later, due to the over-hunting of the Phoenicians, this sea snail has become extinct.

Therefore, its price is not cheap, only the rich and aristocratic class can afford to buy this dye to dye clothes.

Since then, purple has become the symbol of wealth, nobility and honor especially in Egypt, Rome and Persia (Persia). Even this dye is so expensive that no royal family is willing to pay for it. Therefore, no country has enough money to print flags with purple color.

Not until 1856, while studying how to prepare anti-malarial drugs, 18-year-old British chemist William Henry found the purple dye formula. It helped him become rich. From here, purple chemicals are produced in huge quantities, much cheaper and become so big that anyone can own purple clothes.

Gradually the concept of wealth associated with purple is also lost. However, it is still rare for a flag to be purple except for new ones with its new flag such as the Nicaragua Republic (1908), the island of Dominica (1967), and the Second Spanish Republic (1931 - 1939), .

Second Republic of Spain.

Dominica.