Who uses the word *Puce* anymore?
Who uses the word *Puce* anymore?
Disgusting history lesson:
Puce was a popular color centuries ago because *fleas* were not visible on it...and everybody had fleas.
Puce is the French word for flea.
The color is said to be the color of the bloodstains remaining on linen or bedsheets, even after being laundered, from a flea’s droppings or after a flea has been killed.