Assertion: tyrian purple | /r/HasProperty | expensive
Facets:
value: to the elite
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Because it was extremely difficult to make, Tyrian purple was expensive: the 4th century BCE historian Theopompus reported, "Purple for dyes fetched its weight in silver at Colophon" in Asia Minor.
text: In human color psychology, purple is associated with royalty and nobility because Tyrian purple was only affordable to the elite.