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Slay! 20 Times Black Women Invented The Color Red

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Black women, we are pretty damn amazing!

We’re brilliant, we create trends and can do anything we put our minds to. We’re even so dope that when we didn’t invent things, like for instance…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 including Laverne Cox, Niecy Nash, Cardi B, Kenya Moore and many others owned the hue, red.

1. Danai Gurira and Lupita Nyong'o

Danai Gurira and Lupita Nyong'o — Source: Getty

2. Laverne Cox

Laverne Cox — Source: Getty

3. Diana Ross

Diana Ross — Source: Getty

4. Cardi B

Cardi B — Source: Getty

5. Niecy Nash

Niecy Nash — Source: Getty

6. Serena Williams

Serena Williams — Source: Getty

7. Kenya Moore

Kenya Moore — Source: Getty

8. Meagan Good

Meagan Good — Source: Getty

9. Rihanna

Rihanna — Source: Getty

10. Issa Rae

Issa Rae — Source: Getty

11. Nia Long

Nia Long — Source: Getty

12. Patti LaBelle

Patti LaBelle — Source: Getty

13. Kelly Rowland

Kelly Rowland — Source: Getty

14. Indya Moore

Indya Moore — Source: Getty

15. Angela Bassett

Angela Bassett — Source: Getty

16. Danielle Brooks

Danielle Brooks — Source: Getty

17. Tracee Ellis Ross

Tracee Ellis Ross — Source: Getty

18. Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson — Source: Getty

19. Normani

Normani — Source: WENN

20. Lizzo

Lizzo — Source: WENN

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