Has the Purple Dye “recipe” changed?

[PFDarkside]

The deeper and richer one is the example on the VIP page and the pinkish out one is the one in the showcase today. IMO the example one looks much better. Has something changed with the dye recipe or formulation recently? The VIP is not that old so the example has to be reasonable recent.

Or is the photography/lighting/color balance different now?

 

[cuthbert]

I strongly suspect that purpleburst is difficult to photograph, the wood grain might have an influence but I also agreee the old picture showed less gradient between the edge and the centre...more than a dye it looks like a proper burst.

This is also true for turquoise, this body was sold along with the current purple one:



The "burst" effect is the same, amd to my eyes it looks more green than blue.