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Just use Supernatural Is Purple.
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That wouldn’t really work. The problem is that Magic/Supernatural powers and Psychic powers are considered separate types of elements and powers in most media. Hell, sometimes, people who are immune to one are affected by the other.
Not that one should get caught up on wording that way to begin with, but the trope name uses the word supernatural for a reason- it covers all types of supernatural, whether that be Functional Magic, Psychic Powers, Pure Energy, or any other weird forces.
Point taken, but what about Gravity? It gets it’s own trope in Gravity Is Purple. By the broad definition of “supernatural” that you’ve just given, shouldn’t the mere ability to control gravity be considered supernatural in of itself? And if so, then why does it get it’s own separate trope?
Color-Coded Wizardry or Color-Coded Elements could also work if the color is specific to the type of power.
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^^ The page itself mentions how gravity, specifically, is portrayed as having purple color. I.e it has its own reasons.
I'm not seeing any specific reasons for psychic powers to be purple, aside from being "supernatural".
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Again, the same could be said about gravity. Not to mention darkness.
Edited by MisterOM
Purple Is the New Black is a thing more for coloring reasons and less because "darkness" is inherently associated with purple.
I personally don't see this as meaningfully different from Supernatural Is Purple — note that Pokemon associates the Ghost-type with purple as well. Re: Psylocke, sure she's a purple-themed psychic, as is the Purple Man, but many psychics in Marvel aren't associated with the color — Jean Grey, Emma Frost, Xavier, for example — and many characters who are aren't psychics, so you have to consider whether it's truly a trend within the work, a one-off, or because of other reasons for using purple in a design (eg. Graceful Ladies Like Purple, Secondary Color Nemesis).
You could try making a draft in TLP, but it would need a convincing argument (a well-explained reason for why it should be a separate trope and/or a hell of a lot of examples that can't be folded under Supernatural Is Purple) to be split.
Supernatural Is Purple is the broader trope, and Purple Is Powerful and Color-Coded Elements the even broader tropes. The reason Gravity Is Purple is a sister trope rather than just a straight subtrope is because it's often depicted this way even with tech-based antigravity, or some kind of Swirly Energy Thingy quote-unquote 'natural' space phenomenon — the equivalent of Supernatural Is Purple being used consistently in this one strangely specific case for something that isn't necessarily supernatural. But Psychic Powers are always supernatural.
Edited by Unsung
Like with Gravity Is Purple and Supernatural Is Purple, this trope is about a specific element, in this case psychic power, being described with a purple theme and palette(or a color very closely related to purple like pink). A few notable examples of this are in Marvel comics, where psychics often glow in a pink-purple aura when using their powers(especially telepaths). Some of them(like Psylocke) even dress in purple to match. Another example of this is in Pokémon, where the psychic type’s main colors are pink and purple, which is not only reflected in psychic attacks, but also in a lot of psychic pokemon, whom are pink and purple(like Starmie, Mewtwo, Espeon, Grumpig, Musharna, Malamar, Mega Latios/Latias, etc...) too. A third example of this would be in the Kirby franchise, where the ESP ability’s icon is purple and the psychic enemies that kirby can swallow to get this ability are all dressed in dark purple cloaks.
Edited by MisterOM