Searching through deep nethack hides of my brain... Is there a purple :? Nooo, errr, I need to play more. Doesn't matter actually, the idea is good anyway.
Purple : because of this source code comment in monst.c: [...] * Guidelines for color assignment: * * * Use the same color for all `growth stages' of a monster (ex. * little dog/big dog, baby naga/full-grown naga. * * * Use colors given in names wherever possible. If the class has `real' * members with strong color associations, use those. * * * Favor `cool' colors for cold-resistent monsters, `warm' ones for * fire-resistent ones. * * * Try to reserve purple (magenta) for powerful `ruler' monsters (queen * bee, kobold lord, &c.) * * * Subject to all these constraints, try to use color to make as many * distinctions as the / command (that is, within a monster letter * distinct names should map to distinct colors). * * The aim in assigning colors is to be consistent enough so a player can * become `intuitive' about them, deducing some or all of these rules * unconsciously. Use your common sense. */
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Is there a purple :? Nooo, errr, I need to play more. Doesn't matter actually, the idea is good anyway.
It's not really all that funny, and it doesn't work as a newt joke because Dudly actually kills the newt.
[...]
* Guidelines for color assignment:
*
* * Use the same color for all `growth stages' of a monster (ex.
* little dog/big dog, baby naga/full-grown naga.
*
* * Use colors given in names wherever possible. If the class has `real'
* members with strong color associations, use those.
*
* * Favor `cool' colors for cold-resistent monsters, `warm' ones for
* fire-resistent ones.
*
* * Try to reserve purple (magenta) for powerful `ruler' monsters (queen
* bee, kobold lord, &c.)
*
* * Subject to all these constraints, try to use color to make as many
* distinctions as the / command (that is, within a monster letter
* distinct names should map to distinct colors).
*
* The aim in assigning colors is to be consistent enough so a player can
* become `intuitive' about them, deducing some or all of these rules
* unconsciously. Use your common sense.
*/