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Presumably, he took this opportunity to switch masks because the square mask would have afforded him slightly more privileges as a worker.

Squid Game is obviously illegal, so the people running it wear masks to simply protect their anonymity and avoid legal consequences to their actions.

Of course, the gold color likely symbolizes the wealth of the VIPs.

Rather, the VIPs are set apart from each other through their masks, since each one is completely unique.

These masks largely cover the VIP's face but still allow them to eat and drink without taking them off.

To further take away their identities, the workers only ever refer to the contestants by their numbers, not their names.