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The Ancient Greeks are believed to have lacked a word for blue (the wine-dark sea!), yet Indian Indigo was also a highly sought-after luxury good. Are there any early accounts of Greeks describing the dye?

by /u/MadScientist22 in /r/AskHistorians

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