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I feel like it's been awhile since we've had a good example of a purple pair... would you say this is being overshadowed by pink = love as a narrative color choice?
Also, what are some of your favorite purple pair / pink = love moments?
Anon, I'm tickled pink due to your amazing questions, so let me give you some answers!
Would you say [purple pairs] are being overshadowed by pink = love as a narrative color choice?
No.
Purple Pairs normally come from couples being color coded red and blue. When those two colors are combined, they make purple. For example, Oh! My Assistant showed the gay man as red, the "straight" man as blue
And the bisexual man as purple since he is "between" straight and gay.
But if the people aren't color coded red and blue, it doesn't make a lot of sense to use purple to show them coming together, and in 2023, a majority of the shows I watched had a black x white color-coded pair, not a red x blue, so purple wouldn't be the obvious choice for love.
Also, sometimes it's difficult to distinguish colors.
Are we looking at pink, purple, or blue?
Or is it bisexual lighting?
In the first photo from Kiseki: Dear to Me, to me, it's pink with purple in the background, but in the second photo from KinnPorsche, I'd argue it's purple since I can see the red and blue lighting components, but . . . colors are a spectrum. They bleed into one another so where one stops and another begins is blurry, and sometimes hard to decipher.
Which naturally flows well into your second ask:
Top Ten - Favorite Purple Pair/Pink=Love Moments
given in no particular order
Run for Love - My School President
Tinn was a Blue Boy. Gun was a Red Rascal. And yet when they went on their run, their colors morphed into pink and purple. They were learning more about each other with each passing episodes, but the colors clearly showed that the love was going to get them through no matter what obstacles they ran into.
Love is Intense - The Sign
Both couples got this treatment in the show. When they kissed at the beginning, it was a soft pink, but once their love escalated to sex either fictional or real, the pink intensified. It is such an amazing narrative using lighting that it earned FOUR nominations for my upcoming 2024 Colors Awards.
Love is Soft - Never Let Me Go
Palm and Nueng flipped the dynamic we saw in The Sign, but Cinematographer Rath, who is behind Moonlight Chicken, Only Friends, Last Twilight and many more beloved BLs was the one in charge here, so it's not surprising. The boys started off with a vibrant purple that slowly transitioned into a soft pink throughout the series to show their differences melting until there was nothing left but each other and the loved they shared.
Love Games - Dead Friend Forever
Even though this show filled my Macau x Porchay shipper heart after manifesting for two years that Barcode and Ta from KinnPorsche kiss, it also broke me in less than two seconds with this scene. The lovers kissed in an arcade under the pink neon light, but did the red creeping in over Phee signal they would be tied together forever like their bracelets made of red thread suggested or that danger was awaiting both of them? I never feel sure, but I do know this moment is evidence that they did love each other, once, and it was real for both of them.
Love Blooms - Be My Favorite
This actually won the 2023 Colors Award for Best Pink, and it's all thanks to that pink wisteria. Going through this list, most of the love is shown through lighting or clothing, but this show made it clear through a plant that symbolizes friendship, love, and longevity which perfectly aligned with the themes of the show and this couple's relationship. It earned that award!
Signs of Love - Semantic Error
This is visual rhetoric at its finest, and it was THE moment. We got the pink and purple neon sign that read, "Lovely pink. Love Me. Kiss Me" boxing in a boy who was running away from love as his pursuer attempted to make it clear that he loved him after they kissed. Sang Woo didn't stand a chance, and all signs pointed out that he was already in love with Jae Young too. Amazing, right?
Love, Meta - Middleman's Love & Last Twilight
These aren't "love" moments per se, but they were amazing nonetheless because they were a little nod to what pink represents. Middleman's Love saw our lead's love life color his world and everything in it pink, and when he asked his boyfriend why, the simple response was because they were in love. Then, Last Twilight gave a small ode to pink milk which was once a staple in BL series and put the "love" in Boys Love.
Anti Love - Love is Better the Second Time Around
After an ex-love told Hiro he was still very much in love with Hiro, Hiro immediately ran off to propose to his girlfriend during the cheesiest proposal dinner possible. Thankfully, she rejected him, but this scene was meta without saying it was meta unlike Middleman's Love and Last Twilight. It leaned all the way into what the pink represented then bashed it like it was a piñata at a six-year old's birthday party. It was glorious.
Between Love and Like - Deep Night
These two have liked each other since the first episode, but this moment visually presented what it feels like to realize it actually might be something more. They themselves aren't pink, but they are caught in the pink with the blinding light of realization (or love?) right behind them. Do they just like each other? Are they just caught up in the moment? Or might they actually love each other?
Open Your Heart to Love - Dangerous Romance
Ending where we began, this list finishes with a Blue Boy and Red Rascal but instead of purple and pink windbreakers, we got matching pink shirts and purple water. After failing to impress a girl, Kanghan had to change his clothes and was forced to wear a pink "Open House. Open Heart" shirt. Unlike Kanghan, who looked miserable in his new outfit, Sailom was more than excited to get a free shirt out of their adventure. It's not Semantic Error, but the visual rhetoric is clear - Kanghan had already opened his house to Sailom, so why not his heart as well? And once Kanghan was finally ready to make his love clear, the bath he shared with Sailom was magically a blend of their colors, and we finally got purple.
Regardless of how people felt about the show, it understood the color assignment, and I loved it.
Bonus - Purple is the New Pink - Wandee Goodday
Hopefully, you noticed throughout this list how often pink and purple reside in the same scene, and how we see purple more often when the pairs are color coded red and blue. But Wandee Goodday is giving us an actual purple color-coded character in the form of the main character Wandee, so instead of seeing the normal pink for love in this behind-the-scene image, we see Yak being engulfed in Wandee's purple, which means he is probably realizing in this exact moment not just that he loves Wandee, but just how intense that love really is.
But it should be obvious how much Yak loves Wandee if he is willing to be the little bunny wunny for his big cat.
So, all in all, thanks for the ask and for coming with me on this pink (and purple) adventure.
#pink equals love#color coded boys in love#GAP's Sam has already won her awards so she gets no more!#the colors mean things#multi bl#purple pairs#the color exchange#so many moments!#and I love them all
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All of them together!
Prints available 🌿
#art#nature#each individual piece is in my gallery in case you mised it#the only hue combo breaker is the purple one but im satisfied with the overall look#they group nicely as pairs!#edit: updated a link to my shop!
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A tragedy befell my project yesterday so naturally I made memes about it
#flight rising#flight rising memes#if the rng for the whole project hadn't been so rancid i couldve had my new pair ready for Halloween#and theyd be orange and purple and so perfect colours for it#so it's a true tragedy#like is there still a chance that the two ongoing nests could miraculously produce my two project targets despite the odds?#sure there is#but is it LIKELY?#Bro it is not#i think the chances are about hmm. 2.5% yeah#maybe slightly higher because the second nest has two eggs#but the odds aren't good boys
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it just occurred to me that this is an Outfit that Belongs to Ford (presumably) and so i needed to draw him in this funky pineapple shirt and sunglasses.
bonus edit: au where ford forgets to do his laundry before sending the post card out and so he greets stanley wearing this.
#gravity falls#stanford pines#i don't think it was stans bc he didn't bring anything in the house by then#could have been smth fidds had#either way knowing that ford owns a bright purple pineapple shirt and a pair of matching cheesy sunglasses#makes me happy#drawing young ford's hair is hard#i have to resist the urge to just give him classic ford floof
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Nightingale Floors: Floorboards designed deliberately to squeak when stepped on to deter ninjas. Said to sound like chirping birds, or in this case, Casey Junior’s Nebulous Uncle-Dad Turtles.
As a gift to @somerandomdudelmao and myself after that one comment about the little turtles watching Casey Junior clamber on and cling to his “Master/Sensei” figures and having an “Oh he means Dad” moment.
They are having the turtle pile they deserve in the pillow-fort that was demanded when they found out Uncle Tello splurged on an obscene amount of cushions and installed Floor Heating and a Heat Lamp.
#rottmnt#cass fanart tag#Nightingale Floors#somerandomdudelmao#It’s still Bully Leo Hours for scaring everyone#As you can see by Uncle Mikey stealing one of his pillows#and Uncle Tello using the power of Legg to put a foot on it#for extra insult and delayed gratification#and Casey Junior body-slamming him#Casey Junior does have pillows but needed both hands for climbing#yes Uncle Tello did buy color coordinated pillows#yes Uncle Mikey did steal his purple satin ones#no Uncle Tello did not succumb to Puppy Dog Eyes#Uncle Raphs pillows are white on purpose#because they were the biggest available in the sets paired with red blankets#and because Minecraft#he gets a teddy as compensation#rise leo#rise mikey#rise raph#rise donatello#cas fanart tag
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Them 💜❤️ this is a neatened sketch I did yesterday, stay tuned for finished version 👀
#art#lesbian#karlach#minthara#baldurs gate 3#minthara baenre#karlach cliffgate#Purple Avernus#this is such an obscure pairing and I’m in love with them
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what remnant does to a mf
#fnaf#michael afton#me doods#look away people! this one's just for me and myself only#(despite maintagging yes i know but its for organization purposes) anyways#i am a big fan of remnant mutating the shit out of a person#pair that w michael's unique death and continued exposure to the spirits it ends up doing pretty fucked up stuff lol#post scoop michael looks like a purple titan 💀#i'm literally just making fun of my own design atp lmaooo#whatever's the opposite of same face syndrome i have that w michael#just recently added the bolts to the jaw and i love it sm i'm keeping it#post scoop michael is 6'7 so i just want yall to imagine this absolute unit of a cryptid losing his mind managing the pizzeria#he's out there sobbing shitting rolling on the floor trying to mute the fucking ads absolutely flooding his monitors#i drew what his neck looks like but its usually covered in bandages or a turtleneck#you do not want to see what's under his shirt btw. its a whole circus in there AHAHAHAHAHA
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STAMPEDE
#the REAL needle noggin#no other comment .#glad to be a fan of this series about a pair of normal brothers ^_^#trigun stampede#trigun#trimax#vash the stampede#fanart#procreate#digital art#painting#concept art#purple#sketch#portrait#black#tristamp#merrymakes#artists on instagram
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what’s the point in wearing my “ask me about my favorite horror podcasts” tee-shirt if no one on campus comes up to ask me about my favorite horror podcasts
#this tee shirt even has a pair of eyes on it#one purple and one green#so you would know if you know#but no one knows#the magnus archives#tma#tmagp#welcome to night vale
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I feel like we missed out on Narinder being a dog tbh
I love the dynamic of a dog and sheep because of the whole dog herding sheep and stuff
Also Narinder could have been a Cerberus!!!!!!! That would have been so cool!!!!!!! And he could have worn one of those spiked collars that protect dogs from wolves
#gotta resist the urge to tf red crown world Narinder into a dog#I love cat Narinder so much is the problem#purple crown world Narinder has different vibes for me tbh I can’t imagine him as a dog#at least when paired with Mephis#the day I’m down making fanart for cotl I’m taking all my au stuff and designs and making them into my own ocs#AND NO BODY CAN STOP ME#I’ve done this so many times in the past#the most iconic one is taking Blaze the Cat and Amy Rose and turning them into my own lesbian ocs#called Topaz and Peony#u have been warned COTL fandom
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my mom got me two cloth cat diapers to put over Valentine’s actual diapers to help keep them from falling down. They are his hot pink pants
#the other pair is purple#I’m just using baby diapers I cut a tail hole into and they work amazing. no leakage so far 🤞🏻#but I am always worried they’re going to fall off#also I don’t get these cloth ones? they’re SO thin there’s no way they’d do any good#I guess maybe if you put a pad inside them?#my post#Valentine
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The murderous besties that could never be....
Me gushing abt why i like them sm under the cuttt
Like c'mon, they would have gotten along so bad if they had gotten the chance!!! Neo doesn't gaf abt licking Salem's heels so she posed no threat to Tyrian in that regard and with how much she hated Cinder and didn't particularly care abt the rest of WITCH, she'd gravitate towards Tyrian cus at least he's not boring her, reminding her of Roman or bossing her around. Tyrian would find her SO amusing, small but deadly, so much rage and thirst for revenge in such a tiny package! Plus, both are super flexible, fearsome adversaries who do complex acrobatics mid fights ooh they'd have gotten along so baddddd if they had more than 3 secs of interaction
#rwby#tyrian callows#neopolitian (rwby)#neopolitan#rwby fanart#my art#me and my bff call them black raspberry as a platonic pairing!! like that purple ice cream?#I luv them sm theyd be so silly and evil together#black raspberry rwby
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On our Satosho discord we had a prompt week. The prompt was "Shoko with Satoru's glasses". I had a lot of fun drawing this. Tried something new with the stye
#She looks better than him with them anyway 😇#a member of our server wrote a beautiful drabble about shoko having one of his pairs as a keep sake#because gojo has enough of them anyway#also shoko as a teenager with a jeans jacket#yum#also im back with the purple eye agenda#she is so dear to meeeeee#shoko ieiri#jjk#jujutsu kaisen#fanart#IPMSSA_Shoko!Fanart
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My take on a human Rarity in a college au type of setting
-> is studying medicine because her parents want her to become a doctor
-> is interested in the biology part of her major at least (to her own surprise she's really into geology)
-> chose her current uni just to get away from home ; she's only keeping in contact regularly with her sister; only calls parents once a week
-> is really into fashion, would like to pursue it, despite her parent's wishes (she just needs a push)
-> bi
-> died her hair after moving out; got her piercings in high school, but hid them from her parents
-> is rooming with Rainbow Dash in the dorms ; asks her a lot to model for her ; they get along surprisingly well (after a few months)
-> met Fluttershy first, she patched up her bag that got ripped prior somehow
-> got introduced to Applejack through Fluttershy, she often patches up clothes and makes stuff to her and her family, so AJ is more than happy to supply her with materials when needed
-> met Twilight and Sci-Twi in their shared classes (could tell them apart right away) ; they introduced her to Sunset Shimmers
-> met Pinkie through Rainbow; through Pinkie she became good friends with Maud and Starlight
#rarity#human! rarity#mlp#my little pony#my litte pony friendship is magic#mlpfim#mlp fim#mlp rarity#mlp fanart#fanart#art#my art#idk what i did with the 3rd one but it made me fall head over heels so thats gonna be her face xd#i wanted her hair to be purple at first then fucked around with the colors and ended up with this#someone help me pair her and the other two himbos up somehow cause they are all too hot to NOT date each other#mlp au#mlp gen 4#mlp g4#mlp g4 fanart
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What are asgore and spades favorite colors
#deltarune#asks#drawings#asgore#spade#king of spades#spade king#asgore dreemurr#spadesgore#technically#king spade#no one asked but i want to elaborate#asgore describes colours in pairs not just because it might be the only colour theory he knows#but because thats also how he generally just sees. people and their traits#as if everything needs something to compliment#hence why he feels so out of place and useless to himself when hes not married/in a relationship#the way he describes yellow and purple are a good way to describe him and toriel in undertale#royal colours that are tied to hope but they only shine when theyre constracted against the grim tragedy that shaped them#with blue and orange it kind of describes sans and papyrus especially with how their comedic timing works#like when youre alone with sans in mtt resort the tone is a LOT more somber - colder#but when papyrus is by himself hes all jumpy and shit and he hardly seems as down to earth as he does with sans around#and red and green imo are the most important in analysing asgore specifically bc his weapon is red#but his shirt colour in post pacifist and deltarune is pink - literally a softer version of the cruelty we KNOW hes capable of#he describes it as just sort of -fitting- with the greenery he surrounds himself with and i think that mostly has to do with what he WANTS#all the plants and the greenery are ALIVE but almost toxic. meanwhile someone else most prominantly associated with red is rudy#the guys whole gimmick is having a bright red nose#its like asgore surrounds himself with the colour that would compliment the person he wants#or literally wearing their colours a la him and toriel having the same shade of blue on in undertale#and spade? hes just emo. he likes black because its a lack of colour - a lack of light#the reason he works as a good parallel to asgore in this sense is because he breaks asgores dychotamy and forces his own
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