History Main / SupernaturalIsPurple

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[[caption-width-right:236:Secondary color, first-class magic.]]

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* In ''{{Series/Merlin}}'', Merlin had a purplish shirt for a while, now it's sometimes different colors. Morgana favored purple dresses in the beginning of the series, but her clothes have gotten darker since her FaceHeelTurn.

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* In an issue of ''{{InQuest Magazine}}'', there was a joke article speculating if ''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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* In ''ThePrincessAndTheFrog,'' the Mardi Gras colors were used to represent different characters. Green was used for [[DisneyPrincess Tiana]] and [[LadykillerInLove Naveen]]; gold was used for [[BigGood Mama Odie]]; and purple, as the most "unnatural" color, was used for the villainous voodoo sorcerer, Dr. Facilier.

* In ''{{Series/Merlin}}'', Merlin had a purplish shirt for a while, now it's sometimes different colors. Morgana favored puple dresses in the beginning of the series, but her clothes have gotten darker since her FaceHeelTurn.

* Twilight Sparkle of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is a student of magic. Her {{Unicorn}} powers are purple, her coat is light purple, and her mane and tail are dark purple.
** Trixie wears a purple RobeAndWizardHat as part of her airs of being a great sorceress (even though she can do some magic).

* In ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'', [[MagicalGirl Rose Lalonde]] types with purple text, has PurpleEyes, and often wears purple clothing. She has a deep interest in [[EldritchAbomination grimdark hororterrors]] and dual-wields [[MagicWand magic wands]].

* In ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'', Eridan Ampora wears a purple cape, has a purple tuft in his hair, and [[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".) Rose Lalonde is another example; she's seen wearing purple several times, has purple eyes, and dual-wields {{Magic Wand}}s.
** Feferi Peixes is also associated with the color purple ([[AlienBlood due to her blood color]]), and is the Witch of Life. [[spoiler: Her genetic ancestor also has the same color blood and is often referred to as a witch.]]

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* In ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'', the form of '''Magyk''' used by the [=ExtraOrdinary=] Wizards is purple, unlike the green of more generic '''Magyk'''.

* Dark Energon in ''TransformersPrime'' is purple. It's also the blood of [[EldritchAbomination Unicron]], and capable of all ''kinds of nasty stuff, including the creation and control of [[NonHumanUndead Terrorcons.]]

* In ''ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'', Nimue always wears purple.

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* Historically, purple dyes were significantly rarer and more difficult to produce than other colors, with the result that only royalty and other high nobility could use anything purple colored; this gave the color a mysterious and regal air that eventually became associated with the outright supernatural.

* In ''VideoGames/BlazBlueCalamityTrigger'', Rachel's [[SNKBoss Unlimited form]] is distinguished by a purple glow.

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* In an issue of ''{{InQuest Magazine}}'', there was a joke article speculating if ''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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* Twilight Sparkle of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is a student of magic. Her {{Unicorn}} powers are purple, her coat is light purple, and her mane and tail are dark purple.
** Trixie wears a purple RobeAndWizardHat as part of her airs of being a great sorceress (even though she can do some magic).
* Psylocke of ''XMen'' has purple clothing, [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair purple hair]], and her psychic aura is purple.

* In WorldOfWarcraft, Epic items (the second-most powerful class of items in the game, below only Legendary items) have their titles in purple.
* ''TeenTitans'' Raven
* ''Ben10AlienForce'' Gwen
* In DawnOfWar series, warp anomalies (and chaos magic in general) look like purple flames.
* In ''ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'', Nimue always wears purple.
* In ''BlazBlueCalamityTrigger'', Rachel's [[SNKBoss Unlimited form]] is distinguished by a purple glow.

* In ''{{Pokemon}}'', purple represents ghost type Pokemon, and in the card game, psychic is represented by purple.

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).

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