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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Thanks to HeavyEyed Mitchell Cramer (), Good Blood (), Jacob Geller (), Kyle McComb () and my Twitch Chat () for helping me solidify some ideas for this and also being patient with me when I wouldn’t shut up about purple.
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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.
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Attribution: © Hans Hillewaert
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Acibutum Vagriegatum, Härtsfeld, Germany by © Bernd Haynold
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