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
Shades of purple base color. Northwestern Purple is a custom ink color and can no longer be referenced by a Pantone number. For printed material, purple (Pantone #268+) is the official school color of Kansas State University, as shown at the right. Traditionally, the school has referred to this darker and bluer shade as Royal Purple. [compare with ] For the web, #512888 is the official color, even though that hex triplet is not a direct conversion from Pantone 268+. The color pomp and power is displayed at right. The color "pomp and power" is not found in the 1930 first edition of