Why Hillary Clinton Wore Purple During Concession Speech

Hillary Clinton delivered what could be the last political speech of her life on Wednesday and the color she wore was seen as very significant. For her concession speech, Clinton wore a purple shirt and a blazer with purple lapels, while Bill Clinton wore a purple tie, McClatchy reports. Purple—halfway between red and blue—is considered the color of American bipartisanship and many commentators praised the color choice as a graceful way to emphasize her message of unity. Vanity Fair notes that there were a few alternative theories, with some suggesting she wore purple because it was one of the colors of the suffragettes—or because it is the Methodist color of "penitence and royalty." (More Hillary Clinton stories.)