Puce was separate from pink as a colour. (AUDIO: The Next Life [+]Loading...["The Next Life (audio story)"])
Under embarrassment or anger people could turn puce. (AUDIO: Arrangements for War [+]Loading...["Arrangements for War (audio story)"], he Bonfires of the Vanities [+]Loading...["he Bonfires of the Vanities (audio story)"])
In 1605 handkerchiefs could be dyed puce. (PROSE: The Plotters [+]Loading...["The Plotters (novel)"])
When she was on the the Hyperion III in 2986 one of the outfits Professor Sarah Lasky was wearing was a puce trouser suit with matching waist-length cape. (PROSE: Terror of the Veroids [+]Loading...["Terror of the Veroids (novelisation)"])