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Clothing color as a sign of status

Dyers soaking red cloth, Flemish manuscript from 1482, British Library, CC0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dyers_soaking_red_cloth_in_a_heated_barrel_-_Des_Proprietez_des_Choses_(Volume_II)_(1482),_f.269_-_BL_Royal_MS_15_E_III.jpg
14th-century manuscript illustration of a scholar, Leipzig University Library via Wikimedia Commons, public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magister+.JPG
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Dyers soaking red cloth, Flemish manuscript from 1482, British Library, CC0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dyers_soaking_red_cloth_in_a_heated_barrel_-_Des_Proprietez_des_Choses_(Volume_II)_(1482),_f.269_-_BL_Royal_MS_15_E_III.jpg

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In medieval Europe, clothing color could signal a person’s social standing. For example, manuscripts often show scholars in costly red, while peasants are associated with inexpensive wool in natural gray and brown shades.