101 things you didn't know about mauve
Apparently the colour mauve was invented. Doesn't make much sense, but the ABC says it's true. And I'm paying tax for them to tell us this, so I'll take their word for it.
"Fleming for instance, found the penicillin mould when he failed to clean a petri dish. William Perkin was looking for a cure for malaria and instead found mauve."
Which makes you wonder. 'Today, I gave the world mauve. Tomorrow, vermillion and aubergine!'
Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2001 and filed under .
