Puce Puce Puce is a dark red or purple brown color, a brownish purple or a "dark reddish brown." "Puce" is the French word for "flea". The color is said to be the color of bloodstains on linen or bedsheets, even after being laundered, from a flea's droppings, or after a flea has been crushed. The "Oxford English Dictionary" ("OED") dates the first English use of "puce" as a color to 1778. The name comes from the French word "puce", or flea, which comes from the Latin words for flea, "pulicem" or "pulex". According to the "Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology",
Deeper Shade of Soul Deeper Shade of Soul "Deeper Shade of Soul" is the debut single by Dutch band Urban Dance Squad. It was taken from their debut album "Mental Floss for the Globe" and samples the Ray Barretto song he recorded in 1968 with a similar name ("A Deeper Shade of Soul"). Originally released in 1990, the single reached number 21 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in March 1991 and stayed on the charts for 18 weeks. In the United States it is the song for which the band is best known, being their only hit single. A. Deeper Shade of Soul (4:28)