Could anyone give me a scientific explanation of how a planet/creatures would have purple-ish hue?

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so this is related to a different planet/civilization me and my friend have in mind.

The civilization is an intelligent life living far from earth, but what I have been thinking of is making the creatures and the planet itself have more of a purple/dark hue, the planet has vegetation, thick and big tress along with big sources of water.

I was thinking that the purple hue was caused by the sun of that planet having different rays then our sun, but I wonder if anyone could give me a more scientific explanation for the purple/dark hue, also would this planet even work out?

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 04 '22 at 14:55

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Ultraviolet Spectrum

The light that reaches the surface is purple due to atmospheric stuff. See answers to this question. The planet is also very hot because there is a lot of purple light. The animals are colored purple to reflect most of the visible light and not overheat. Their real colorings are in a band invisible to human eyes.

answered Sep 04 '22 at 14:55

Daron

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Do you think humans would be able to visit such a planet? Or do you think the suns rays would be too dangerous – SaBeus Sep 04 '22 at 16:08
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@SaBeus They can always wear radiation suits. – Daron Sep 04 '22 at 16:10
Also would theese creatures also have the same problem if they visited earth? – SaBeus Sep 04 '22 at 16:15
@SaBeus I imagine they would be fine moving from their high-radiation planet to the low-radiation Earth. – Daron Sep 04 '22 at 18:31

Could anyone give me a scientific explanation of how a planet/creatures would have purple-ish hue?

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