8. Mauve Dye
Mauve is a color that represents a pale purple and is named after the mallow flower. There wasn’t a way to transfer the beautiful color to clothes or art before the mid 1800’s. The synthetic dye mauve was first created in 1859 by chemist William Henry Perkin, who was only 18 at the time. The chemist wasn’t trying to create anything to do with synthetic dyes, but rather a cure for malaria; he just happened to discover the color appearing in his petri dishes. The residue is what became the first aniline dye.