Well, first of all Karen, I don't see anywhere in his question where he asked about his avatar being PINK like the 400 other people, but he asked why HE WAS PURPLE to other people who see him as PURPLE?? I have the same problem and asking everyone to change their graphics card is clearly not the answer to his or my question. I have been in second life for 8 years with 5 avatars and one with much more complexity then all of them is fine and can be seen perfectly, so there is another reason why the less complex one is PURPLE??