Comic #16·

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Purple

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The gradient was arrived at independently by four hundred founders in the same week, which is what makes it a trend rather than a default.

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Panel 1

A purple-gradient landing page with italic heading, feature pills, a blob, and a sparkle.

No speaker; the page is the specimen.

Panel 2

A designer points at the screen.

Designer: “I can date this to the week. Claude 4.5. Weekend hackathon. Founder who said ‘make it premium.’”

Open speaking mouth; forensic confidence.

Panel 3

An app store row of four matching purple apps with 12, 7, 3 and 0 downloads.

The counts are the joke.

Panel 4

The designer whispers to a child in a bunker.

Designer: “When you see purple… run.”

The child listens. The warning is folklore now.