Color binder

Purple Pokémon cards for a color binder

Purple pages lean mysterious: psychic and ghost types, twilight skies and moody special illustrations. We measured the artwork colors of 15,109 English Pokémon cards and kept the 46 where purple clearly comes out on top.

46Cards picked
34Sets
1999–2023Years
69-pocket pages

The most purple cards

Sorted by how much of the card is purple. Card images from TCGdex.

Haunter, Fossil 21
HaunterFossil · 211999
Sabrina's Haunter, Gym Heroes 58
Sabrina's HaunterGym Heroes · 582000
Magnemite, Team Rocket 60
MagnemiteTeam Rocket · 602000
Hypno, Fossil 23
HypnoFossil · 231999
Dark Gengar, Neo Destiny 6
Dark GengarNeo Destiny · 62002
Hypno, Legendary Collection 25
HypnoLegendary Collection · 252002
Dragonair, Base Set 18
DragonairBase Set · 181999
Dark Dragonair, Team Rocket 33
Dark DragonairTeam Rocket · 332000
Dark Electrode, Team Rocket 34
Dark ElectrodeTeam Rocket · 342000
Grimer, Fossil 48
GrimerFossil · 481999
Gastly, Neo Destiny 65
GastlyNeo Destiny · 652002
Grimmsnarl VMAX, Darkness Ablaze 115
Grimmsnarl VMAXDarkness Ablaze · 1152020
Zubat, Team Rocket 70
ZubatTeam Rocket · 702000
Dark Espeon, Neo Destiny 4
Dark EspeonNeo Destiny · 42002
Ditto VMAX, Shining Fates 51
Ditto VMAXShining Fates · 512021
Espeon ex, Unseen Forces 102
Espeon exUnseen Forces · 1022005
Gardevoir EX, Primal Clash 155
Gardevoir EXPrimal Clash · 1552015
Weezing, Cosmic Eclipse 77
WeezingCosmic Eclipse · 772019
Grimer, Aquapolis 79
GrimerAquapolis · 792003
Dark Steelix, Team Rocket Returns 10
Dark SteelixTeam Rocket Returns · 102004
Misty's Tentacool, Gym Heroes 32
Misty's TentacoolGym Heroes · 322000
Naganadel GX, Unified Minds 160
Naganadel GXUnified Minds · 1602019
Mewtwo, Detective Pikachu 12
MewtwoDetective Pikachu · 122019
Muk, Next Destinies 53
MukNext Destinies · 532012

22 more purple cards

The rest of the list, in the same order. Open the binder to see every card's name and set.

Sableye · Lost Origin 070Lunala ◇ · Ultra Prism 62Rabsca · Paldea Evolved 215Crobat VMAX · Shining Fates 45Houndoom · Neo Discovery 23Reuniclus · Black & White 57Gengar · Legendary Collection 11Gothitelle · Guardians Rising 54Crobat V · SWSH Black Star Promos SWSH110Exeggcute · Team Up 8Gastly · Chilling Reign 55Jynx ex · 151 191Mismagius · Stormfront 7Koga's Muk · Gym Challenge 26Lunala · Guardians Rising 61Musharna · Boundaries Crossed 69Mew ex · Holon Phantoms 100Purrloin · Legendary Treasures RC13Erika's Bellsprout · Gym Challenge 38Deoxys · Celestial Storm 67Weezing · Fates Collide 28Cacturne · Platinum 42

Build the binder

Open all 46 cards as a new binder, most purple first. It takes 6 pages in a 9-pocket binder (3 sheets). Swap in your own cards, then tick ✓ what you own so the rest becomes your want list.

Adds a new binder to your workspace. Nothing you already have is changed.

How we picked them

Each card image was shrunk down and every pixel sorted by hue, ignoring greys, whites and near-blacks. A card made the list when purple covered a large share of it and clearly beat every other color. Trainer and Energy cards are left out so the pages are all Pokémon, and no Pokémon appears more than twice so the binder stays varied.

Color is measured on the whole card, frame included, because that's what you see when the binder is open. If a pick looks off to you, swap it out: the template is just a starting point.

Tips for a purple binder

  • Separate violet from magenta. Blue-leaning purples and pink-leaning purples clash a little side by side, so keep them on different pages.
  • Lean into the spooky side. Ghost types and night scenes make a great themed purple spread.
  • Frame it with black. Dark cards around the edge of a page make purple glow.

Colors that pair well with purple

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