[moxie2020]

Originally Posted by DarthNinja Valve uses a single placeholder value on the client for all the item color codes. The place holder is only updated when the item_found event is fired and it uses the color that matches the quality of the last item "found". If you try to print text and the placeholder has never been set (ie, the client hasn't seen an item_found event yet), the text will appear black. So what this means is that while you can use the item color-code, the item color that is printed currently cannot be controlled.

So in order to use purple. Some one would of had to get an unusual item drop otherwise it would appear black.