On July 31, 2008, The New York Times noted that the press, under siege for being too soft or too hard on the presidential candidates, had "gone purple." Keith Olbermann, then MSNBC commentator, Bill O'Reilly from Fox News, and NBC's Lester Holt had all been spotted wearing purple ties on television.
As the middle-ground color between Blue (for Democrats) and Red (for Republicans), "purple is the new neutral," said Jim Moore, the creative director of GQ magazine. The color purple worked with then-fashionable gray suits, and it also worked to covey political neutrality.
Next time you're watching election news, look for purple ties.
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