Harlequin is a dark purple shade with strong green sheen evoking the colourful costumes of harlequin figures.
In 1920, a Filipino entertainer by the name of Luis Borromeo who just returned from North America came back to the Philippines and organised what became the first Filipino bodabil company. He coined the company “vod-a-vil” which became popularly known by its Filipinized name Bodabil.
