Scheeles Green: The Toxic Obsession of the Victorians Green was all the rage in Victorian fashion. Advances in dye chemistry led to Scheele's Green, a vibrant, bright color that made a bold fashion statement that didn't fade over time. Victorian Europe was said to be bathed in green thanks to a newly developed dye called Scheele's green. Turns out the color was to die for in more ways than one. See Paris Green (Scheele's Green) was a wildly fashionable colour in the 19th century, used in clothing, wallpaper, fake flowers, hats. Sadly, it was also a highly toxic form of arsenic, which caused