title: Why are missing textures replaced by a black and purple checkerboard?
body: <p>In many different games, such as Minecraft and TF2, the default texture is a black and purple checkerboard. Even games that don't use that exact texture incorporate elements of it. Borderlands 2 uses a white and purple checkerboard, and Skyrim uses a solid purple texture. Why is the black and purple checkerboard so prevalent as a default texture?</p>