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Joshua
Joshua

Reputation: 2479

Why are missing textures replaced by a black and purple checkerboard?

In many different games, such as Minecraft and TF2, the default texture is a black and purple checkerboard. Even games that don't use that exact texture incorporate elements of it. Borderlands 2 uses a white and purple checkerboard, and Skyrim uses a solid purple texture. Why is the black and purple checkerboard so prevalent as a default texture?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3936

Answers (2)

MrSomeone
MrSomeone

Reputation: 157

I'd assume it's because the RGB color for purple is (1,0,1), an easy to type color especially when you're frustrated. Most often a developer generates a full black texture (0,0,0), then setting every other pixel to (1,0,1) with a double loop

Upvotes: 0

AnonymousHelper666
AnonymousHelper666

Reputation: 21

This is most likely to represent a standard, noticeable and well-thought missing texture placement, so that the players across games simply think "Well yep, that's a missing texture, it's purple/black/checkerboards/white&black." As not to confuse them. tl;dr: It's consistent and players will recognize it.

Upvotes: 2

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