Purple
By alphenor
@alphenor (686)
Philippines
June 22, 2011 10:53pm CST
Why is the color purple/violet always associated with the bad guys, especially in the anime? See alone Rockman exe (that bad exe who distributes the dark chips) and Pokemon (Gengar and Ekans of Team Rocket). I'm not actually emotionally disturbed but this makes me a bit curious of how the manga/anime artists' minds works. What is your stand for this?
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@sweetrst1 (15)
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23 Jun 11
I never realized that before but I guess the evil anime characters do tend to have purple hair or eyes. That sucks cause purple is my favorite color. But if you think about it the girls that have personalities that get on my nerves normally have pink hair. It is funny how in most cases seeing the color of an anime characters hair will let you know if you are going to like them or not.
@alphenor (686)
• Philippines
23 Jun 11
Really? I didn't know that eyes and hair are also included. Come to think of it, I forgot James of Team Rocket :P
BTW, it's normal to hate/love something because of the color. As what I have learned in our art class, people's perceptions to colors vary depending on their personality. Moreover, characters tend to have one or two colors to represent/reflect their personality.
@kolsti87 (521)
• United States
23 Jun 11
I have also wondered this and I'm not really sure. Since most anime/manga is from Japan, I presume purple represents evil in Japanese culture in the same way red represents negative and blue or green represents positive things in western culture. And it isn't just anime/manga as the Pokemon video game came way before the anime did.
@alphenor (686)
• Philippines
23 Jun 11
Yeah, maybe it's within the culture. I happen to have a class few years ago that discusses about colors and its meaning relative to region but I didn't hear anything about purple representing evil in Japanese. Hope someone would give us the answer. :)
@dont_pick_your_nose (2279)
• Australia
26 Jun 11
Yeah im not sure i guess all the different good guys took all the other colours and there is still only so many you can use for a super hero or villian costume. I think you make a valid point tere is also two face in batman who one side is purple. The phantom is purple.
