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->''Radiating from the book was the light that lies on the far side of darkness, the light fantastic. It was a rather disappointing purple colour.''
-->-- '''Creator/TerryPratchett''', ''Literature/TheLightFantastic''

Whether it's magic, psychic energy, or wizard clothing, [[purple:purple]] is often the color that represents these.

It's not the only mystical color, but in fiction, it's one of the most common, regardless of whether the color shows up on the good guys or the bad guys (although the latter is a bit more common thanks to GoodColorsEvilColors and PurpleIsTheNewBlack).

One possible reason for this is the fact that very few things in the world (or the universe, for that matter) are naturally purple, so it will stand out against the scenery no matter where on Earth (or off Earth) your story takes place. Purple dye was once expensive and limited to royalty,[[note]]Simply combining red and blue pigments rarely produced a desirable shade.[[/note]] so the color has always had "lofty" connotations.

This is one reason purple is one of the CommonMarySueTraits (and GracefulLadiesLikePurple).

Can often overlap with PurpleIsPowerful.

A SisterTrope to GravityIsPurple and SupernaturalIsGreen.

Compare GoldAndWhiteAreDivine and EmeraldPower.

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[[folder: Anime and Manga]]
* Mai Minase has purple eyes and shares [[{{Technopath}} some mysterious connection]] with [[{{MMORPG}} The World]] in ''Franchise/DotHack //Liminality''.
* Takashiro-sensei in ''Bible Black'' has purple eyes with red hair, and is a magic user with great significance to the backstory.
* Shinigami Asato Tsuzuki from ''Manga/DescendantsOfDarkness''. Interestingly [[PurpleIsTheNewBlack not]] a Variant Visage; they really are purple, with the implication Tsuzuki was shunned in his hometown by superstitious people.
* Chaos from ''Manga/HeavensLostProperty'' has distinctly purple eyes; and as time goes on, she just keeps on becoming more and more alien when compared to the other angeloids. Also another thing to note is that when other angeloids fight seriously, their eyes turn red. However, Chaos' eyes stay the same color, and the only thing that changes is the pattern on them.
* Many [[MoeAnthropomorphism nations]] in ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' have these, some of which are connected to the supernatural or magical:
** [[NiceGuy Finland]], connected to him acting as Santa Claus in several instances.[[note]]As in European traditions, Santa Claus is said to live in Finnish Lapland.[[/note]]
** [[PsychopathicManchild Russia]], with his connection to [[AnIcePerson General Winter]], the AnthropomorphicPersonification of the Russian winter.
** [[IJustWantToBeNormal Iceland]], who not only has MysticalWhiteHair, but can see magical creatures that are InvisibleToNormals, and is best friends with a [[PollyWantsAMicrophone talking puffin]].
* Shiori from ''Manga/InuYasha'' is the daughter of a [[{{Youkai}} bat youkai]] and a human. A feature that distinguishes her as a [[HalfHumanHybrid hanyou]] is that she has violet eyes.
* In ''Anime/{{K}}'', the Clansmen have powers that manifest in the colors of their Clans, but the Colorless Clan's powers appear purple, as opposed to white - [[spoiler:possibly to distinguish them, since a former Colorless Clansman joins the Silver Clan (''hakugin'', or "white-silver", in Japanese), and uses both colors at separate times]].
* ''Manga/LaughingUnderTheClouds'': Botan is a shikigami conjured for the sole purpose of sealing the Orochi 600 years prior to the story.
* ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'': Shouta has purple eyes ([[CurtainsMatchTheWindow along with purple hair]]), which fits with him being the only major magic user among the human cast. He inherited them from [[TheArchmage his father]].
* Marii Yukari of ''Manga/MurasakiiroNoQualia'' has purple eyes and because of this odd feature it makes sense that she sees everyone as a robot. The fact that this seems to also give her insight into other people's personalities and abilities makes it seem more than just a weird quirk though.
* The apptly-named ''Manga/PurpleEyesInTheDark'' has any human with the ability to transform into an animal gain purple eyes in said form. Their eye color also changes to purple seconds before transforming.
* ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'':
** Genjo Sanzo has violet eyes which have been described as both like those of a god and a youkai. Appropriately enough, [[spoiler:he was a god, specifically the nephew of the Bosatsu of Mercy in his previous life]].
** WordOfGod is that all kami have purple/violet eyes.
** [[PunchClockVillain Kougaiji]] also has them, in addition to being a DarkSkinnedRedhead. Understandable, since he ''is'' a youkai.
* Shadow Games in ''Anime/YuGiOh'' often take place in a purplish-black realm. The [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries abridged series]] lampshades this.
-->'''Yami:''' ''(to Melvin)'' Y'know, it's really more of a purple realm than a shadow realm... Shadows aren't really known for being purple.\\
'''Melvin:''' SILENCE!\\
'''Yami:''' I'm just saying.
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[[folder:Art]]
* In William Adolphe Bouguereau's ''Art/CupidAndPsycheAsChildren'' and ''Art/TheRaptureOfPsyche'', Cupid and Psyche are accompanied by a purple cloak, both paintings depicting Psyche having just become a goddess.
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[[folder:Asian Animation]]
* In ''Animation/HappyHeroes'', Huo Haha, who has magical powers, wears purple clothes.
* The main antagonist of the ''VideoGame/MolesWorld'' animated series, Kula, is a powerful mage with a mostly purple color scheme.
* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'', the magic-using Wizard Wolf wears purple clothing.
* ''Animation/SatelliteGirlAndMilkCow'': The Witch Of The North wears a purple hat and cloak, and can perform magic like disappearing into her hat and use it as a form of travel.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'':
** Garth, the original Aqualad and currently known as Tempest, who has purple eyes that represent his mystical heritage.
** Hila, [[ComicBook/{{Mera}} Mera's]] evil sister, has purple hair and is a sorceress just like her sister.
* ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange'' uses magic in many colors, but purple is one of his more common hues (after yellow, blue, and red).
* ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': While on the TV show his eyes were more of an [[OccultBlueEyes occult blue]] shade, in the canon comic "Antique" and the non-canon "Spike vs. Dracula" series {{Dracula}}'s eyes are purple. Dracula, besides being of course ''the'' most well-known vampire, is unique amongst Buffyverse vampires. He is able to easily hypnotize people and put them under his thrall, he can shapeshift into various forms (wolf, bat, panther, bees, mist), he can come back from being staked, and he does not have the [[GameFace bumpy face]] of common vampires but does always have fangs.
* Raven from ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' has purple eyes and in general has always had a purple motif . Her eyes are one of the signs of her half-demonic heritage.
* In ''{{ComicBook/Violine}}'', Violine's eyes have this color, thanks to her telepathic powers.
* Taken quite literally in the 1990 looseleaf edition of ''Who's Who in the Franchise/DCUniverse'', which color-coded the borders of the entries. Heroes got red trim, villains were in black, supporting cast in blue, technology in yellow, and geography in green. Supernatural items and characters...were purple.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'': The sorceress Circe is usually depicted as having purple hair, though she changes her appearance frequently, and it is presented as her natural hair color in [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 Vol 2]]. For ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'' she switches to red.
* ComicBook/{{Psylocke}} of ''ComicBook/XMen'' has purple clothing, purple hair, and psychic aura that is purple. However, it turns out that she dyes her hair; she was born a blonde, the same as her brother ComicBook/CaptainBritain.
* The girls of ''ComicBook/{{WITCH}}'' all wore purple as part of their uniforms. Orube is the one member of the group who has the color purple as her power motif, as well as purple hair. Justified in that she's an alien compared to the (human) girls.
* ''ComicBook/AmethystPrincessOfGemworld'': Not only do the women of House Amethyst wear purple, the magic of House Amethyst is purple.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* Wei Ming in the ''Fanfic/AzulaTrilogy'' has dark purple eyes. [[spoiler:Like Princess Yue's white hair in [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender the show]], the unusual color is the result of having been touched by a spirit. Her natural eye color was green]].
* ''The Fiersome Chronicles'': In this ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' story, an original character named Zenna has violet eyes. When she turns twenty-two [[spoiler: she finds out she's an Elemental, an ancient power she got from her ancestor.]]
* ''Fanfic/ForGood'':
** [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Ricki Sunflare]], as a green-skinned alien, possesses prominent violet eyes. She is depicted as the wunderkind of the cadets and performs a SherlockScan on the protagonist.
** The enigmatic Fringe woman Zomega also has one violet eye - her other eye was lost and replaced with a cybernetic red eye. She is half human, but her eye color is actually one of her human traits, as her alien heritage possesses red eyes.
* The eyes of Kathryn, the main heroine of ''Fanfic/TheHeartTrilogy'', [[EyeColorChange became permanently]] purple when she had her first vision as a {{Seer|s}}. When her link to her magic is broken thanks to [[spoiler:her death and resurrection]], her eyes lose their purple color until the link is fixed.
* Aurora from ''Fanfic/{{Somnium}}'' is a {{seer|s}} with abnormal purple eyes. She gained her powers after she awoke from Maleficent's curse.
* Lunarstar of ''Fanfic/WorldsApartMLP'' is a unique and magical WingedUnicorn with purple eyes.
* ''Fanfic/ACertainMagicalFriendship'': ''Context_SHIFT'': The [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/287615/1/a-certain-magical-friendship-context-shift/a-gap-is-opened-up-hole-in-the-sound first chapter]] had a "puddle of wasted magic abruptly started glowing bright purple".
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[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
* ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' and ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'': Purple is the primary color in [[AnIcePerson literal ice queen]] Elsa's wardrobe when she's not wearing an ice dress. Elsa's mother Iduna also wears a purple outfit; she also had a strong connection to the Wind Spirit.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'': The unicorn lives in a lilac wood, and her eye color is a deep indigo shade. Later, as a human, she wears a purple dress. All of this signifies her aloof, mysterious nature.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', the Mardi Gras colors represent different characters: green for [[Franchise/DisneyPrincess Tiana]] and [[LadykillerInLove Naveen]], gold for [[BigGood Mama Odie]], and purple (as the most "unnatural" color) used for [[WitchDoctor Dr. Facilier]].
* Princess Aurora of ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' has violet eyes, and is the only Franchise/DisneyPrincess to have an unnatural eye colour. This is because at her christening, her FairyGodmother Flora granted her the gift of beauty.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/ColorOutOfSpace2020'': The titular EldritchAbomination frequently produces a magenta-hued light in the living things that fall victim to its mutating effects.
* In the TV adaptation of Literature/{{Discworld}}'s ''Film/TheColourOfMagic'', the magic is represented as purple, and Rincewind's blue eyes suddenly turn this sheen as a sign of the spell trying to take him over. In the books, the color of magic is actually the [[FictionalColor fictional 8th color, octarine]], but it's noted in the book to be outside the visible spectrum, unless you have TrueSight, so a visible color was chosen.
* Inverted in the first and third films of the Eastrail 177 trilogy, ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'' and ''Film/{{Glass}}''. All three main characters are ColourCodedForYourConvenience, with Elijah's color being a rich royal purple. Elijah is specifically the only of the three leads to ''not'' have superpowers, to the point of being incredibly fragile and ill most of his life.
* ''Film/Ghostbusters1984''. Not something ''in'' the movie--the whole movie ''itself'' is suffused with a purple aura for this very reason.
* ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': Whilst [[NebulousEvilOrganization Apex]]'s facilities have a [[PurpleIsPowerful purplish hue]] from their red-and-blue lighting, the chamber holding [[spoiler:[[Characters/MonsterVerseKingGhidorah Ghidorah]]'s upper-skull and the BrainComputerInterface]] is saturated in purple light from the machinery.
* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'': The Power Stone glows a bright shade of purple and even produces purple explosions. Downplayed, however, in the context of the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: the other five Infinity Stones are all different colors.
* ''Film/TheWitches1990'' portrays the eponymous witches as having eyes that flash purple as an indicator that they are supernatural. [[Literature/TheWitches The book]] said that their pupils changed colours, which presumably was harder to do in film.
* ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': En Sabah Nur's consciousness and his teleportation sphere are a luminous purple.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/TheChildrenOfMan'', purple eyes mark those who use purple magic, which grants teleportation and time-travel talents.
* Creator/DennisWheatley, author of atmospheric horror stories such as ''Literature/TheDevilRidesOut'', asserted that purple or magenta light heralded the manifestation of spirits of evil. As he was an associate of Creator/AleisterCrowley, it can be assumed he learned this from the Master.
* Octarine, the [[FictionalColor colour of magic]] in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels, is "a sort of [[SupernaturalIsGreen green]]y-purple."
* In Chris D'Lacey's ''Literature/TheLastDragonChronicles'' series, violet eyes show someone isn't all that s/he seems. The Pennykettles normally have green eyes, but they go violet whenever they use magic, and Liz's dragons have violet eyes whenever they aren't in disguise. Other characters' eyes flash violet as they perform magic as well.
* Audrina Adare of ''Literature/MySweetAudrina'' has the same unusual hair color and violet eyes as her deceased sister. Both these traits are said to be a sign of psychic powers in her mother's line, and it appears that Audrina does have the gift of precognition. [[spoiler:The real significance is that Audrina has her sister's eyes because Audrina ''is'' her "dead" sister.]]
* In the ''Literature/NightWorld'' series, many members of the Harman family, a prestigious witch [[TheClan clan]], (as well as their relatives) are known to have violet eyes or blue/gray eyes with hints of violet. For a few characters who don't realize they're [[LongLostRelative related to the Harmans]] and that they're actually witches, their eye color can serve as a clue or identifying feature to their true heritage. [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Lamia]] Ash Redfern also sometimes has this eye color...[[KaleidoscopeEyes among various others.]]
* In ''[[Literature/{{Chalion}} Paladin of Souls]]'', those with second sight perceive sorcerous attacks as "violet lines of light".
* In ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'', the form of '''Magyk''' used by the [=ExtraOrdinary=] Wizards is purple, unlike the green of more generic Magyk.
* ''Literature/TheSeventhTower'''s primary magic system relies heavily on HardLight and ColorCodedWizardry, with violet being the most powerful color and, by extension, the color of the highest caste of [[TheMagocracy the Chosen]]. Furthermore, whoever can master the magic of [[CosmicKeystone the Violet Keystone]] is, by extension, the rightful Emperor/Empress of the Chosen [[spoiler:as [[TheHero Tal]] finds out when it turns out the sunstone he's been carrying around and using to fuel his magic for most of the series ''is'' the lost Keystone...]].
* In ''Literature/TanteiTeamKZJikenNote'', Nanaki [[ISeeDeadPeople can see spirits]] and marks the franchise's [[TheSeriesHasLeftReality inclusion of paranormal themes]]. He's also the only person with purple hair and eyes.
* ''Twilight Eyes'' by Dean Kuntz. The main character has blue-violet eyes. It is [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane hypothetically]] connected with its ability to recognize «goblins» in a human mask.
* A [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin major plot point]] in the ''Through Violet Eyes'' series, where purple eyes are genetically linked to the [[ISeeDeadPeople ability to communicate with the dead]]. The book-jargon even calls these people "Violets".
* ''Literature/TortallUniverse'':
** Both Alanna and her brother Thom have distinctive purple eyes. Alanna is TheHero and becomes chosen by the Goddess, while Thom is an ''extremely'' powerful sorcerer. Their magical Gifts present as the same color.
** [[GodWasMyCoPilot Pounce/Faithful]] the Constellation Cat has purple eyes whenever he shows up, indicating his divine nature. {{Lampshaded}} by a few characters who are startled to see that eye color in a cat. When he appears in ''Literature/BekaCooper'', the first thing anyone notices about him is the eyes.
* Every time [[LadyOfBlackMagic Yennefer]] from ''Franchise/TheWitcher'' is described, her purple eyes get a mention, highlighting either her being a sorceress of considerable power or the fact the protagonist finds her a HotWitch. Possibly both. Nobody else (save Geralt himself, whose eyes are also unusual) gets a description of their eyes.
* ''Literature/TheSecretsOfDrearcliffGrangeSchool'' features AnotherDimension simply called "The Purple". It's an intensely supernatural realm that exists contiguously to the real world and the source of several characters' powers, but is also the home of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s you really don't want to release. (A sort of Astral Plains of Leng.) And everything in, from, or connected to it is purple.
* Literature/TheLastUnicorn lives in a lilac wood. A pair of hunters come upon her lilac wood while searching for prey, and the older one explains to the younger that they will find no game in a unicorn's woods, because the unicorn's power keeps the trees green and the animals safe and long-lived.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* [[Creator/DavidTennant Kilgrave]] in ''Series/JessicaJones2015'' is accompanied by the color purple no matter where he is, be it his predominately purple wardrobe or appearing with a flash of purple light when he's inside his victim's minds.
* ''Series/Merlin2008'':
** Merlin had a purplish shirt for a while, but later it's sometimes different colors.
** Morgana favors purple dresses in the early parts of the series, but her clothes become darker after her FaceHeelTurn.
** The Lady of the Lake has a purple dress. As did Lamia and Alator, a magical enemy and ally, respectively.
* ''Series/OnceUponATime'':
** Magic often involves impressive billows of purple smoke.
** Maleficent's initial outfit on the show is a purple gown, and her dragon form has dark purple scales. She's one of the most powerful and feared sorceresses in the Enchanted Forest.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Witches' magic in particular seems to be associated with purple light in later seasons, comparative to the bluish-white light associated with angels and the blackness associated with demons. A djinn enhanced by the alternate reality ArchangelMichael[='s=] grace in Season 14 also displays purple eyes instead of the standard blue eyes of his kind.
* Inverted in ''Series/Warehouse13'', where purple is the color of the liquid used to neutralize supernatural objects. Certain extremely-dangerous objects (such as Creator/SylviaPlath's typewriter, causing anyone looking at it to commit suicide) are perpetually dosed in the liquid.
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[[folder:Magazines]]
* In an issue of ''[=InQuest=] Magazine'', there was a joke article speculating if ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' added a sixth color, and it was purple, supposing a place and people even more mystical and mysterious than the places in {{Canon}} at the time.
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[[folder:Music]]
* A line in "A Machine Spiritual (In the People's Key)" by Bright Eyes mentions that "in the jungle there are columns of purple light," which sounds mystical and mysterious, especially since it's framed by lines about history "stepping aside" and the human race starting over.
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* Occurs a few times in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':
** The Eldritch Blast of the Warlock is always colored purple in the various books' art. Several of the Warlock's powers are shown to glow purple.
** In 4th Edition, the Devas (reincarnating angels who have taken a mortal form) have purple skin and eyes.
** Much of the art of the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' depicting Mystra, the goddess of Magic, show her avatar (or mortal self) wearing a significant amount of purple. In addition, the default god of Magic, Boccob, is depicted in purple robes with gold runes on them.
** The Eladrins in 4th edition tend to favor purple in their clothing in much of the art.
* In ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' artwork, [[PurpleIsTheNewBlack purple is occasionally used to signify black mana]], especially where it would be inconvenient to use black in the art instead.
** Some Blue and White spells are also purple.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Malifaux}}'': The MassEmpoweringEvent covered the eyes of those empowered with swirling silver-and-purple mist. The color is also associated with the Neverborn, who are all magical beings.
* In ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', thanks to the proximity of their [[EarthShatteringKaboom (former)]] homeworld to [[NegativeSpaceWedgie the Eye of Terror]], Cadians tend to be born with purple irises.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/AgeOfWondersPlanetfall'': The [[PsychicPowers Psionic]] [[ColorCodedElements element]] is purple. All psionic projectiles, landmarks and status effects are purple. Units that make use of psionic attacks or abilities have some elements of purple on their weapons or clothing. Of the two races that natively use psionic units, the Kir'ko have bright purple chitin and the Syndicate have purple-toned [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation skin]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Angband}}'', the given color of multi-hued monsters is purple.
* In ''VideoGame/AtlasReactor'', the {{Nanomachine}}-enhanced WarriorMonk Asana has purple skin, and the Omni Trust (which focuses on nanotechnology, transhumanism and recreating the works of the [[DeusEstMachina Titans]]) has purple and white uniforms.
* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlueCalamityTrigger'', Rachel's [[SNKBoss Unlimited form]] is distinguished by a purple glow.
* In the ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'' series, warp anomalies (and chaos magic in general) look like purple flames.
* In ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline'', the visual effects of the Sorcery powerset are colored lavender.
* Conjuration magic in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' is purple, along with most everything related to it, especially soul gems and the Soul Cairn.
* In ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness'', each Ancient's energies are color-coded, with the most powerful one, Mantorok, imbuing its magicks with a purple glow.
* ''VideoGame/GemsOfWar'': The Magic element is represented with purple orbs.
* ''VideoGame/GiraffeAndAnnika'': Lily is a witch who dresses in purple.
* In ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' and its sequels, Jupiter (wind elemental) Adepts are [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience strongly associated with the color purple]], and frequently have purple hair or eyes. Jupiter is also the element most associated with extrasensory PsychicPowers, such as precognition and telepathy.
* In ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'', the fortune-telling sisters in Harapa dress mainly in purple, and oracular ShrineMaiden Himi wears the traditional garb of her station accented with purple sashes and hair decorations. Meanwhile, Karis subverts the above Jupiter association, being a purple-eyed, purple-wearing Jupiter Adept with no extrasensory abilities ([[AMindIsATerribleThingToRead for which she's grateful]]).
* Void magic in ''VideoGame/{{Hytale}}'' is colored a pinkish-purple, and some of the creatures and effects that come about from its use or presence are at least partially colored purple.
* In ''VideoGame/MightAndMagicClashOfHeroes'', the three factions most inclined towards the supernatural ([[TheLegionsOfHell Inferno]], [[TheUndead Necropolis]], and [[TheMagocracy Academy]]) all use purple as one of their troop colors.
* ''VideoGame/{{Malediction}}'': Morgan's wizard's robe and hat are purple, and so are his magic powers.
* ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' has this. Nether portals are made from dark purple volcanic glass and are filled with some sort of purple glowing stuff. They also [[SuckingInLines suck in purple smoke]], as do Endermen, whose eyes glow purple. Their dimension is also home to the Enderdragon, whose eyes and mouth glow purple, and floating pink and purple crystals that heal the dragon.
* In ''Monster Girl Quest!'', the MonsterLord Alice XVI has purple skin, as do several of her relatives (including Alice I, the progenitor of ''all'' monsters).
* ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'': Ayane's most powerful spell is "Art of the Raging Mountain God" which unleashes an explosion of purple energy.
* The [[MachineCult Vanu Sovereignty]] in both of the ''VideoGame/PlanetSide'' games is a faction of humanity that effectively worship the nearly-magical [[PreCursors ancient Vanu]] technology as they futilely try to understand it. Their units and soldiers are painted [[HighlyConspicuousUniform bright purple]] with cyan and grey highlights.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}}'', purple represents Ghost-type Pokemon. In the card game, Psychic types (as well as Ghost types) are represented by purple. In-game, the Psychic type is represented with a magenta-pink color.
* The villain of the ''VideoGame/RocoKingdom'' franchise, Enzo, is a wizard who wears a purple cloak.
* The [[MacGuffin Mysterious Fragments]] in ''VideoGame/SirYouAreBeingHunted'' are a dark purple similar to that of obsidian in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''. Also, if any item is Mysterious (such as the Mysterious Fragments), the text denoting that fact is purple.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'', purple represents the Magic element. This almost certainly has to do with the fact that the most well-known character, VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon, is both a magic-type and known for his purple color.
* In ''[[VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries Sonic and the Black Knight]]'', the sorceress Merlina has a purple cape [[spoiler:and purple hair when she becomes [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen the Dark Queen]].]].
* In ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', some Sith display glowing purple eyes whilst drawing heavily on the Dark Side. The Sith Inquisitor, in particular, demonstrates this whenever this Sith uses Force Walk ability to [[{{Necromancer}} bind Force Ghosts]] to him.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Stellaris}}'', almost everything related to psionics is purple, including the icons for psionic-related traits, the Psionic Shield and Psi Jump Drive technologies, the Mind Over Matter Perk, and Zro.
* ''Franchise/StreetFighter''
** Rose is a fortune teller with purple hair. Her apprentice Menat dresses in purple.
** Bison's powers manifest a purple aura.
* Ether magic in ''VideoGame/TheSwordsOfDitto'' is tinted purple. Mormo, the BigBad, is an Etherweaver and her main colors are purple and pink.
* The ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series has [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Ganondorf]], [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Mewtwo]], and Crazy Hand's darkness or psychic-based attacks appear with a purple flame effect.
* In [[VideoGame/TelepathRPG the Telepath RPG serie]], the most common psy attack "mind blast" is colored purple.
* ''VideoGame/TrickAndTreat'': Charlotte is a witch and dresses in purple colors. And so does her grandmother. ''VideoGame/TheWitchesTeaParty'' as well, as it features both of them still being witches and wearing purple.
* In ''VideoGame/WarOfOmens'', the Endazu are the most magical of all the factions, and their cards are coloured purple.
* Taigong Wang from ''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi'' has a [[http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae279/hollowchan/vlcsnap-2010-08-04-00h42m27s43.png?1280879075 bewitching pair of purple eyes]], as he's a mystic and demi-god. His rival, Da Ji, also has these, with similar origins.
* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'':
** In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', spells of the Arcane school have animations that glow light purple (with Shadow spells being darker purple, though that might be more a case of PurpleIsTheNewBlack). And Epic items (the second-most powerful class of items in the game, below only Legendary items) have their titles in purple.
** In ''VideoGame/WarcraftII'', both purple factions (The Nation of Dalaran on the Alliance side and the Twilight's Hammer Clan on the Horde side) are known for their magic users.
* Yoshiya "Joshua" Kiryu from ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' has purple eyes. [[spoiler:He's the "Composer" which makes him a god or some form of divine being]].
* ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' and ''VideoGame/XCOM2'' represent the usage of various psionic powers of both your and enemy soldiers as weird, tentacly shapes of purple and black something, and uses the combination of purple and black as a universal stand-in for "related to psionics." Soldiers who develop psionic powers also gain purple eyes [[LockedIntoStrangeness along with]] MysticalWhiteHair, though you can revert this on the character customization screen. The [[MagicKnight Templars]] in the ''XCOM 2: War of the Chosen'' expansion default to a vivid purple uniform color, and the trope is even {{Lampshaded}} by one of the titular Chosen.
-->'''The Hunter:''' If it's purple, it must be psionic.
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[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* Sakura Matou in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' has violet eyes. [[spoiler:This is revealed to be because of the "conditioning" imposed upon her by Zouken in order to make her into the successor of the Matou brand of magecraft]].
** Mash Kyrielight of ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' has amethyst eyes; while her backstory isn't directly comparable to Sakura's, it's likely that her unnatural eye color is a result of [[spoiler:her existence as a DesignerBaby, part of a MagiTek [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke project]] by the Chaldea Security Organization under Marisbury Animusphere to create the first ever Demi-Servant, a human-Servant hybrid. The horror comes in when you consider that she was callously experimented upon as a child and treated as a living weapon (rather than a person) by everyone except for [[TheHeart Dr. Roman]].]] Her armor has purple accents all over it, and even includes a purple ShowgirlSkirt as part of her 3rd Ascension.
* Gavin in ''VisualNovel/SwordDaughter'' has purple eyes, presumably from his innately magical [[HalfHumanHybrid elven blood]].
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* In ''Webcomic/AgentsOfTheRealm'', purple seems to be a go-to color for non-elemental magic, as Provenance, Ruby's DemonicPossession and Alchemist's powers are all purple.
* In ''Webcomic/ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'', Nimue always wears purple. That said, Merlin wears orange and Morgan le Fay, like the rest of her family, wears [[SupernaturalIsGreen green]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Blindsprings}}'': Ms. Thorne, who is an orphic witch, has purple eyes. Her daughter Deirdre inherited them.
* In ''Webcomic/TheGlassScientists'', Jasper's wolfsbane poisoning that causes the instability of his werewolf form manifests as glowing purple foam at his mouth.
* In ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'' King Malachai the last of the full blooded elves of Eldenlon's royal family, who has been drawing from a powerful magical source, is the only character with purple eyes.
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'':
** [[LadyOfBlackMagic Rose Lalonde]] types PurpleProse in purple text, has purple eyes, and often wears purple clothing. She has a deep interest in [[EldritchAbomination The Noble Circle of Horrorterrors]] and dual-wields [[MagicWand magic knitting needles]] that have a prominent purple aura.
** Eridan Ampora wears a purple cape, has a purple tuft in his hair, and has [[AlienBlood purple blood]]. He has quite an interest in wizards, even becoming a practitioner of BlackMagic (though he claims magic isn't real and insists on referring to it as "white science" given his ArbitrarySkepticism and typing quirk).
** The Horrorterrors kind of fit this trope. They're giant {{Eldritch Abomination}}s and their [[AlienBlood blood]] is purple.
* According to the colored pages/panels the Erlking's Daughter in ''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}'' has {{monochromatic|Eyes}} purple eyes (and [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow hair]], and make up, and clothing). She is one of TheFairFolk so very much supernatural and a {{graceful lad|iesLikePurple}}y. Her father and brother have OccultBlueEyes.
* ''Webcomic/Sorcery101'' deconstructs the perfectionist stereotype of purple eyes [[spoiler:when it becomes a plot point]]: a human with too much magical potential to be normal but not enough to be a mage will have purple eyes, extraordinary focus, and the ability to learn very quickly. This essentially allows them to be TheAce. However, without proper training their magic lashes out at them, causing headaches and seizures; and their talents often lead to arrogance that can verge on an outright [[AGodAmI god complex]].
* In ''Webcomic/TrueVillains'', Elia's {{Necromanc|er}}y is indicated by purple light. Her eyes glow purple when her magic is active, providing a cue when she's transferred her spirit to one of her minions.
* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': The Platinum [[FantasticCasteSystem caste]] of Alderode are [[MysticalPregnancy born]] with [[ColorCodedEyes lavender eyes]], MysticalWhiteHair, and a uniquely powerful connection to the BackgroundMagicField.
* The eyes of Tally from ''Webcomic/TheWeave'' start out as brown, but they become purple after Tally's contact with fairy magic.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Whither}}'', magical clothing is a thing and both items of it we've seen so far are purple.
* In ''Webcomic/YokokasQuest'', anything associated with the [[ColorCodedElements Dream element tends to be purple]], including the [[PaintingTheMedium speech bubbles and font]] for Dream language, spell effects, dreamscape backgrounds, and [[ElementalEyeColors Copycat's eyes]].
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* [[http://longforgottenhauntedmansion.blogspot.com/2013/06/stroll-around-grounds-until-you-feel-at.html This blog post]] discusses the use of purple with [[SicklyGreenGlow green]] at ''Franchise/TheHauntedMansion'' to create a supernatural atmosphere.
* The main logo for ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'', about a small town where the supernatural is an everyday occurrence, is mostly purple. While descriptions of characters are kept deliberately vague, most fan-art will give depict them as having purple hair, tattoos, [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation skin]] or third-eyes.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'': The Retroland Phantom at the end of an episode is a purple ghost.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', the cosmic energy of the Avatar State (or at least how Aang sees it in his visions) is purple.
* ''Franchise/Ben10'':
** [[WesternAnimation/Ben10 Original Series]]: [[Characters/Ben10SupportingCharacters Xylene]]'s telekinesis surrounds anything it is used on in purple light.
** ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce Alien Force]]'': Gwen uses purplish-pink energy with her magic[[spoiler:-alien]] abilities and constructs.
* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'': Ash's psychokinetic powers which lean towards the supernatural end of the fantasy/sci-fi spectrum produce a purple glow. Also, Invictus, a pure evil EldritchAbomination imprisoned deep within Final Space, likewise produces a purple glow in its true form or when it's possessing vessels through which to act.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Mixels}}'', the Wiztastics, a magic-based tribe, are purple with dark blue highlights.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** Twilight Sparkle is a student of magic. Her {{Unicorn}} powers are purple, her eyes are purple, her coat is light purple, and her mane and tail are dark purple (with a fuchsia stripe down the center).
** Trixie wears a purple RobeAndWizardHat as part of her airs of being a great sorceress (even though she can do some magic). She also has purple eyes.
* Dark Energon in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' is purple. There are a number of differently colored variations of Energon ([[RedOnesGoFaster red]] for SuperSpeed, [[TechnicolorToxin green variants which are harmful either long-term or an outright chemical weapon]], [[GoldColoredSuperiority refined synthetic version in gold]], and even the regular stuff glows in HeavenlyBlue), but they're all derived from the solidified blood of [[PhysicalGod Primus]], the creator and home planet of all Transformers and while extraordinary to humans, are commonplace to them. Dark Energon is the mythical blood of his antithesis, [[EldritchAbomination Unicron]], and is addictive, poisonous and capable of all ''kinds'' of nasty stuff, including the creation and control of [[NonHumanUndead Terrorcons]].
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* In ''Webcomic/ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'', Nimue always wears purple. That said, Merlin wears orange and Morgan le Fay, like the rest of her family, wears green.

* ComicBook/{{Psylocke}} of ''ComicBook/XMen'' has purple clothing, [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair purple hair]], and psychic aura that is purple. However, it turns out that she dyes her hair; she was born a blonde, the same as her brother ComicBook/CaptainBritain.

* In ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' and its sequels, Jupiter (wind elemental) Adepts are [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience strongly associated with the color purple]], and frequently have [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair purple hair]] or eyes. Jupiter is also the element most associated with extrasensory PsychicPowers, such as precognition and telepathy.

* In the ''Literature/NightWorld'' series, many members of the Harman family, a prestigious [[WitchSpecies witch]] [[TheClan clan]], (as well as their relatives) are known to have violet eyes or blue/gray eyes with hints of violet. For a few characters who don't realize they're [[LongLostRelative related to the Harmans]] and that they're actually witches, their eye color can serve as a clue or identifying feature to their true heritage. [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Lamia]] Ash Redfern also sometimes has this eye color...[[KaleidoscopeEyes among various others.]]

* The ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series has [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Ganondorf]], [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Mewtwo]], and Crazy Hand's evil attacks appear with a purple flame effect.

* In the ''Literature/NightWorld'' series, many members of the Harman family, a prestigious [[WitchSpecies witch]] [[TheClan clan]], (as well as their relatives) are known to have violet eyes or blue/gray eyes with hints of violet. For a few characters who don't realize they're [[LongLostRelative related to the Harmans]] and that they're actually witches, their eye color can serve as a clue or identifying feature to their true heritage. [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Lamia]] Ash Redfern also sometimes has this eye color...[[MoodRingEyes among various others.]]

* ''Webcomic/Sorcery101'' deconstructs the MarySue stereotype of purple eyes [[spoiler:when it becomes a plot point]]: a human with too much magical potential to be normal but not enough to be a mage will have purple eyes, extraordinary focus, and the ability to learn very quickly. This essentially allows them to be TheAce. However, without proper training their magic lashes out at them, causing headaches and seizures; and their talents often lead to arrogance that can verge on an outright [[AGodAmI god complex]].

* Inverted in the first and third films of the Eastrail 177 trilogy, ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'' and ''Film/{{Glass}}''. All three main characters are ColourCodedForYourConvenience, with Elijah's color being a rich royal purple. Elijah is specifically the only of the three leads to ''not'' have superpowers, to the point of being incredibly fragile and ill most of his life.

** Merlin had a purplish shirt for a while, but later it's sometimes different colors. Morgana favors purple dresses in the early parts of the series, but her clothes become darker after her FaceHeelTurn.

* Gwen from ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'' uses purplish-pink energy with her magic[[spoiler:-alien]] abilities and constructs.

* Aurora from ''Fanfic/{{Somnium}}'' is a {{seer}} with abnormal purple eyes. She gained her powers after she awoke from Maleficent's curse.

* The eyes of Kathryn, the main heroine of ''Fanfic/TheHeartTrilogy'', [[EyeColorChange became permanently]] purple when she had her first vision as a {{Seer}}. When her link to her magic is broken thanks to [[spoiler:her death and resurrection]], her eyes lose their purple color until the link is fixed.

One possible reason for this is the fact that very few things in the world (or the universe, for that matter) are naturally purple, so it will stand out against the scenery no matter where on Earth (or off Earth) your story takes place. Purple dye was once expensive and limited to royalty[[note]]Simply combining red and blue pigments rarely produced a desirable shade.[[/note]], so the color has always had "lofty" connotations.

* In ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', in addition to ''Literature/TheLightFantastic'', as seen in the page quote, there is also ''Literature/TheColourOfMagic'', octarine, which is a sort of greeny-purple colour.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen 2013}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'': Purple is the primary color in [[AnIcePerson literal ice queen]] Elsa's wardrobe when she's not wearing an ice dress. Elsa's mother Iduna also wears a purple outfit; she also had a strong connection to the Wind Spirit.

* ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}''. Not something ''in'' the movie--the whole movie ''itself'' is suffused with a purple aura for this very reason.

* Creator/DennisWheatley, author of atmospheric horror stories such as Literature/TheDevilRidesOut, asserted that purple or magenta light heralded the manifestation of spirits of evil. As he was an associate of Creator/AleisterCrowley, it can be assumed he learned this from the Master.
* Octarine, the [[[[FictionalColor colour of magic]] in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels, is "a sort of [[SupernaturalIsGreen green]]y-purple."

* ''Series/{{Merlin 2008}}''

* Inverted in ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'', where purple is the color of the liquid used to neutralize supernatural objects. Certain extremely-dangerous objects (such as Creator/SylviaPlath's typewriter, causing anyone looking at it to commit suicide) are perpetually dosed in the liquid.

* The [[{{Macguffin}} Mysterious Fragments]] in ''VideoGame/SirYouAreBeingHunted'' are a dark purple similar to that of obsidian in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''. Also, if any item is Mysterious (such as the Mysterious Fragments), the text denoting that fact is purple.

** The Horrorterrors kind of fit this trope. They're giant [[{{EldritchAbomination}} eldritch abominations]] and their [[{{AlienBlood}} blood]] is purple.

* ''Webcomic/{{Sorcery 101}}'' deconstructs the MarySue stereotype of purple eyes [[spoiler:when it becomes a plot point]]: a human with too much magical potential to be normal but not enough to be a mage will have purple eyes, extraordinary focus, and the ability to learn very quickly. This essentially allows them to be TheAce. However, without proper training their magic lashes out at them, causing headaches and seizures; and their talents often lead to arrogance that can verge on an outright [[AGodAmI god complex]].

* In ''WebComic/YokokasQuest'', anything associated with the [[ColorCodedElements Dream element tends to be purple]], including the [[PaintingTheMedium speech bubbles and font]] for Dream language, spell effects, dreamscape backgrounds, and [[ElementalEyeColors Copycat's eyes]].

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''