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The Joker always wears purple in comics, cartoons and movies. 1 / 8

Caesar Romero cemented the look as the Joker's public image in 1966's Batman series. 2 / 8

Jack Nicholson put his own '80s twist on it in director Tim Burton's Batman. 3 / 8

Heath Ledger's Batman suited up the madness, creativity and excess of his purple three piece... 4 / 8

... while Jared Leto only kept the bare minimum violet glove, preferring to showcase his tatoos. 5 / 8

Purple, a secondary color, is a classic villain look since it contrasts with heroic primary colors. 6 / 8

But in his origin story as the Red Hood, the Joker didn't wear purple, since he's not fully-formed. 7 / 8

Joaquin Phoenix's Joker is wearing a warmer version of the suit, which fits his more sympathetic villain. 8 / 8