The Color of Corruption - How Purple Is Used in Video Games
Razbuten
Apr 29, 2020 19:06
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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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Ink 9 - http://mitchmartinez.com/ink-stock-footage/.
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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Purple_Purpur.jpg
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Attribution: © Hans Hillewaert
Hexaplex Trunculus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hexaplex_trunculus.jpg
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Acibutum Vagriegatum, Härtsfeld, Germany by © Bernd Haynold
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aconitum_variegatum_110807f.jpg
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