I have eyes which are a mix between blue and green and I find that a lot of purples and even burgundy/wine type colors look very good on me, although I would never go with the happy-hooker style in the photos above. Seriously ugly looking! They look like some of the ridiculous photos of old friends in elementary school who were trying out their first cheap eye shadow. NOT a good look for anybody.

I would use these straight (not mixed with another color) as a thin wet liner highlight on my lower lashline, a base eyeliner on my upper lashline with a thin black or very dark brown line on top and dust/blend some out with my MAC brush above my crease, but mix it down a tad with dark metallic brown, dark metallic green (looks spectacular with purples) or a dark matte grey in that area. It's amazing what you can do and how colors like this can become very wearable when you mix a few together properly.

That Nars bold purple caught my as well beautiful!The purple sure looks pretty on the stars with brown eyes!I have very light blue eyes so I dont think purple would look good on me at all unless its very pale.

Yes, purple can be tricky. I have green eyes, so from the Colour Theory angle, it's a great shade for me! I prefer to wear it as either a light lavender highlight or mixed in with black/grays for a smokier look. I don't think I'd go monochrome with this one.

I love purple eyeshadow but you definitely have to know how to apply it or it can make you look tired. Speaking from unfortunate personal experience here.

the bold purple from Nars caught my eye!