What color is impervium?

[Amp Up]

Is it grey and purple?

[tidge]

5 hours ago, Amp Up said:

Is it grey and purple?

 

Impurple, I guess.

[Michiyo]

This color.

[GM Crumpet]

He's kind of pinkish, except during the summer when he goes slightly brown.

[Bionic_Flea]

No!

 

This color:

[Crossie]

Wow.....  I don't see color bro.

[mechahamham]

In the real world, with handful of standout exceptions, pure metals tend to be greyish to silvery white. It's the compounds and alloys that are colorful.

 

For example, when people make 'Blue Steel', they're usually using electrical current or heat to very carefully oxidize the outermost layer of a steel alloy object.

 

Copper is one of those standouts. Rather than grey or white, it has that characteristic orangey-red color in its pure state. Then, when it reacts with any other chemicals, it turns that bright Statue-of-Liberty-bluish-green shade. 

[Yomo Kimyata]

Enchanted or not?

[BurnTheWitch]

On 8/11/2025 at 3:15 PM, mechahamham said:

In the real world, with handful of standout exceptions, pure metals tend to be greyish to silvery white. It's the compounds and alloys that are colorful.

 

For example, when people make 'Blue Steel', they're usually using electrical current or heat to very carefully oxidize the outermost layer of a steel alloy object.

 

Copper is one of those standouts. Rather than grey or white, it has that characteristic orangey-red color in its pure state. Then, when it reacts with any other chemicals, it turns that bright Statue-of-Liberty-bluish-green shade. 

 

I'm pretty familiar with all of the fun colors you can make copper if you know what you're doing, have a tiny bit of chemistry knowledge, and happen to have good ventilation; but you got me wondering as to why almost every other metal appears grey except for copper and gold.  Turns out it has to do with their electron structures and the science is above me.

 

But this got me thinking, we already know where everything is on the periodic table up into the transuranic elements, and most of those aren't especially stable.

• Is impervium an alloy? 
• Has it been stated that it's a pure element in lore? 
• If it is an alloy, it could be a whole list of colors based on the information I can find with a cursory search. If it's an alloy, I'm voting for a middle toned silver with a sort of purple sheen based on the in game images.

[JasperStone]

tastes like purple

[Plutonix]

2 hours ago, JasperStone said:

tastes like purple

 

[JasperStone]

27 minutes ago, Plutonix said:

 

OMG yesssssss!

[Troo]

Oh geez..

Impervium is a pattern which can be any color the player chooses. I choose gold.

 

[Lines]

Sort of a greenish-yellowey-purple.

Edited 27 minutes ago by Lines

[MTeague]

I'm sure Sherman-Williams stands ready to mix up any color you need it to be.