Mulberry
- HEX
- #C54B8C
- RGB
- 197 75 140
- HSL
- 328° 51% 53%
- CMYK
- 0 62 29 23
Mulberry or Plum?
Pinker, lighter and more vivid than plum.
After the berry.
Poetry
Ovid explains why mulberries are dark. In Book 4 of the Metamorphoses, the lovers Pyramus and Thisbe die under a white mulberry tree; his blood stains the fruit, and the gods keep it dark red forever. Shakespeare's amateur players stage the story in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Science
Silk depends on mulberries: domestic silkworms feed on the leaves of the white mulberry tree.
Kin
- Raspberry: Another berry that named a deep pink-red
- Plum: Another fruit-named purple
- Red: In Ovid, blood turned the white mulberry red
Sources
- Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.55-166; Wikipedia, 'Pyramus and Thisbe'
- Wikipedia, 'Morus alba'
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