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[a kennedy]

There's a standout color at the inaugural events this week: purple.

Kamala Harris donned the color on Inauguration Day as she became vice president, and Jill Biden, the incoming first lady, wore it for Tuesday night's vigil at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool for Americans who have died of COVID-19.

The 2016 Democratic presidential nominee and former first lady Hillary Clinton also wore the color Wednesday. But why?

Onlookers are pointing to the color – a combination of red and blue – as a symbol of unity, a notion Clinton endorsed in comments to reporters in the Capitol following the swearing-in.

"I did wear purple with a purpose because I knew the theme that President Biden was striking was unity. I thought as you combine red and blue, the way that we are divided politically in our country, you get purple," Clinton said. "I wanted just to send a bit of a symbolic message that we need to come together."

Jonathan Cohen, the designer behind Biden's Tuesday night ensemble, shared a message from user @georgeanaux on his Instagram Story:

"Red + Blue = Purple," the message wrote. "This moment is about unity. Not red vs. blue, but all of us coming together as a Nation."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/fashion/2021/01/20/inauguration-why-kamala-harris-jill-biden-wearing-purple/4229427001/