No, it never looks purple to me. I think new mazda 3 is a little different in color. Our blue is closer to the WRX STi blue. I think its a great color if you can find one. It looks really hot with our hyper silver RH's or some new gunmetals and smoke/charcoal tinted windows.mp3mike05 said:does this blue ever look purple at certain angles? I know the mazda3's blue did, and i dont want people to be thinking my car is purple if i get one..