The Color of Corruption - How Purple Is Used in Video Games

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I have been thinking a lot about the use of colors in games, so I wanted to make a brief little piece on one of my favorite colors, purple, and how in games, it often is used as the color of corruption. So, let's take a look at how purple is used in video games.

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Music:
Up The Spirit Caverns Walls (feat. Tom Boyd) - Gareth Coker - Ori and The Blind Forest OST

My Only Chance by The Toxic Avenger
Furi - The Game Bakers
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Resurrections - Lena Raine - Celeste OST

Luma Pools - Gareth Coker - Ori and the Will of the Wisps OST

Pale Court - Christopher Larkin - Hollow Knight: Gods & Nightmares OST

Retro Gone Viral - Taokuoh

I used some images from Wikipedia, so this is me attributing them.

Purple Purpur by © U.Name.Me
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Attribution: © Hans Hillewaert
Hexaplex Trunculus
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Acibutum Vagriegatum, Härtsfeld, Germany by © Bernd Haynold
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