Puce eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #19-1518 TPX—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
Flag of the Second Spanish Republic and some factions of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. It is also used by republican platforms. The Spanish Republican Flag has 3 colours: red, yellow, and purple. The third colour, purple (), represents Castile and León by recalling the "Pendón Morado", the ancient armorial banner of Castile. The colours of red and yellow symbolize the territories of the former Crown of Aragon. These 3 colours symbolized a new era for Spain in which no part thereof was excluded and all Spaniards were represented. "Morado", which is a generic word denoting the colour purple or violet, was previously a familiar colour