text: Perkin was a Liveryman of the Leathersellers' Company for 46 years and was elected Master of the Company for the year 1896–97.
  Today blue plaques mark the sites of Perkin's home on Cable Street, by the junction with King David Lane, and the Perkin factory in Greenford, Middlesex.
  A portrait, by Edward Railton Catterns (1838–1909), is owned by the University of Strathclyde.
  On 12 March 2018, search engine Google showed a Google Doodle to mark Perkin's 180th Birthday.
  William Perkin High School
  In 2013, the William Perkin Church of England High School opened in Greenford, Middlesex. The school is operated by the Twyford Church of England Academies Trust (which also operates Twyford Church of England High School). The school is named after William Perkin, and has adopted a mauve uniform and colour scheme, in tribute to his discovery of mauveine.
  Imperial College London
  Since 2007, when Imperial College London gained its own Royal Charter, the Academic dress of Imperial College London features purple across the range of garments to celebrate the work of Perkin. In 2015, President of the College, Professor Alice Gast, stated that: "The colour purple symbolises the spirit of endeavour and discovery, and the risk-taking nature that characterises those with an Imperial education and training."