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",
Rocca Flea Ciocchi del Monte lived in the fortress from 1515 to 1533. During the Renaissance the "Rocca" became a patrician residence, but in 1888 was turned into a prison. It is now the seat of a ceramics museum and of an historical exhibition. Rocca Flea Museum official web site Rocca Flea The Rocca Flea () is a fortified palace in Gualdo Tadino, Umbria, central Italy. It is located in the upper part of the hill on which the town lies. Although it has been speculated that its construction could date to Lombard times, what is known with certainty is only that