>>719219553
>Elite armor that, while a dark purple, was still distinctly purple.
Are you sure you're not just remembering seeing an elite that looked purple due to the level's dark lighting? Because no such variant exists in CE.
>To clarify the thing about the white Elite, this is about a dead Elite in Halo CE
I was unaware of this, but looking at it now, the elite biped which is used for corpses does in-fact use a more ice-looking blue color compared to the standard minor, so maybe it's that?
>By the way, do Elites in Halo CE sometimes have minor differences with their helmets?
They do.
>Also, on rare occasions some Elites seemed to have slightly different color tones between the same rank, even in the same lighting.
If this is a thing, I couldn't get it to show up. Separate ranks do use slightly lighter or darker bodysuits or 'combat skins', so there's that.
>>719220645
NTA who posted that, but the icy elite on the right of that image is the 'elite special' or 'elite special cutscene' bipeds.