Why Google's not purple 2.30K Owen Thomas 02/12/08 07:50PM Filed to: Design Design Google Valleywag This image was lost some time after publication, but you can still view it here. On a day when Sunnyvale is bleeding the royal hue, it's good to know how Google avoided a purple logo. Designer Ruth Kedar went through numerous rainbow-hued iterations before ending up with today's simple logo. [Wired News]