If you had doubts about orange as the new power color, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton banished them when she made her eagerly anticipated speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver on Aug. 26, 2008. From head to toe, she was clad in orange, a sunny shade that has been cropping up with regularity at recent red carpets.
Lest you think she chose it on a whim, this photo indicates the kind of thought and research that went into the decision. Production staff hold up four different color jackets for a lighting test before the start of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008.
Not to be outdone, Cindy McCain, wife of GOP hopeful John McCain, wore several outfits of bright orange during the Sept. 1-4 Republican National Convention. Here, she waves to the convention center audience in St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 2, 2008.
Actress Blake Lively went long and orange when she walked the red carpet at the premiere of her movie "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2" at The Ziegfeld Theatre on Monday, July 28, 2008, in New York. Orange appears to have replaced yellow as the sunny color of choice in Hollywood.
Forget regal purple. Even royalty has turned to the color orange. Here, Monaco's Princess Stephanie wears an orange satin gown to the "Red Cross Gala", Friday, Aug. 1, 2008, in Monte Carlo.
Jessica Stroup arrives in orange at the Teen Choice Awards in Universal City, Calif., on Sunday Aug. 3, 2008.
Actor Jack Black's wife, Tanya Haden, makes a splash in orange at the premiere of "Tropic Thunder" in Los Angeles on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.
Daytime TV darling Kelly Ripa wore orange when she joined Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin at a screening of "Fly Me to the Moon" in New York, Thursday, July 31, 2008. Both Aldrin and Ripa supply voices for the animated film.
Actress Emmanuelle Chriqui wore orange when she walked the red carpet at the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008, in Los Angeles.
It all starts on the runway. British model Sophie Anderton, launches Belfast fashion week at the Baby Grand in Belfast, March 10, 2008, wearing a Miss Sixty dress by Clockwork Orange.