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It’s no secret that Black women are amazing.

We’re brilliant, create trends and can do anything we put our minds to. We’re even so dope that even when we didn’t invent colors, when we rock them, we can make you believe that we did.

So to celebrate our divine power, here are 20 times that folks like Former First Lady Michelle Obama, Voila Davis, Angelica Ross and more owned the color orange.

1. Ashley Blaine Featherson

2. Lupita Nyong’o

'Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between' Costume Institute Gala - Arrivals Source:Getty

3. Zendaya

'Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between' Costume Institute Gala - Arrivals Source:Getty

4. Kelly Rowland

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5. Beyonce

6. Ciara

7. Simone Biles

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8. Tamar Braxton

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9. Aja Naomi King

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10. Kerry Washington

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11. Tracee Ellis Ross

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12. Niecy Nash

13. Jada Pinkett-Smith

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14. Viola Davis

43rd Annual NAACP Image Awards - Arrivals Source:Getty

15. Taraji P. Henson

'Dope' Opening Night Premiere - 2015 American Black Film Festival Source:Getty

16. Laverne Cox

17. Diana Ross

18. Former First Lady Michelle Obama

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