---
title: "A Hint of Purple"
description: "Argue with your Prefrontal Cortex, insult an art critic, befriend the elderly.  A Hint of Purple is a short visual novel about queer love and art. Follow Maya, "
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/28/84028.jpg"
---

# A Hint of Purple

![A Hint of Purple](https://t.vndb.org/cv/28/84028.jpg)

**Developer:** Dormin

**Release date:** May 17, 2023

**Platform:** Windows

**Language:** English, Chinese (simplified)

**Rating:** 6.4/10 (10 votes)

## Description
Argue with your Prefrontal Cortex, insult an art critic, befriend the elderly.

A Hint of Purple is a short visual novel about queer love and art. Follow Maya, a once-celebrated painter now paralyzed, as she struggles to accept her new reality and its effects on her relationship.

[From [Itch.io](https://dormin42.itch.io/a-hint-of-purple)]

## Characters
### Maya
- **Gender:** Female
- **Subject of:** Amnesia, Bullying, Clinical Depression, Confinement, Disability, Hospitalization, Psychological Trauma, Muteness, Disappointment, Discrimination, Fainting, Breakup, Paralysis, Guilt
- **Personality:** Low Self-esteem, Gloomy
- **Role:** Girlfriend, Painter, Homosexual, Famous, Ex-girlfriend, Lonely, Former Celebrity
- **Engages in:** Medication, Painting
- **Clothes:** Hospital Gown

### Kai
- **Gender:** Unknown
- **Hair:** Black, Short
- **Eyes:** Black
- **Personality:** Deredere, Kind, Protective, Loyal, Mature, Non-Binary
- **Role:** Domestic Partner, Sculptor, Therapist, Daycare Worker
- **Subject of:** Psychological Trauma, Grief, Guilt
- **Engages in:** Breakup

## Shops
- [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2396620/)
- [Itch](https://dormin42.itch.io/a-hint-of-purple)

## Releases
### English
- **2023-05-17**: A Hint of Purple - [Itch.io](https://dormin42.itch.io/a-hint-of-purple)
- **2024-01-23**: A Hint of Purple - [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2396620/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/2396620/info/)

### Chinese (simplified)
- **2024-01-23**: A Hint of Purple - [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2396620/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/2396620/info/)

## Tags
NVL, Female Protagonist, Linear Plot, Single Ending, Drama, Life and Death Drama, No Sexual Content, Physical Problems, Hospital, Nurse Support Character, Disabled Protagonist, Nakige, Depression (obsolete), Flashback, Winter, Autosave Only, Surreal, Protagonist in Relationship, Painter Protagonist, Colored Name-tags, Second-person Narrative, No Gallery, Unoriginal Soundtrack, Only Non-Binary Love Interests

## More Games from Dormin
- [A Hint of Purple](https://pinovel.net/v44708)

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