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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 and ability to rock the heck out a pigmented hue, here are 20 times that folks like Aja Naomi King, Former First Lady Michelle Obama, Angela Bassett, and more sistas owned the color yellow.

Slay! 20 Times Black Women Invented The Color Yellow was originally published on hellobeautiful.com

1. Aja Naomi King

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Slay! 20 Times Black Women Invented The Color Yellow was originally published on hellobeautiful.com

2. NeNe Leaks

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Slay! 20 Times Black Women Invented The Color Yellow was originally published on hellobeautiful.com

3. Yara Shahidi in Gucci

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Slay! 20 Times Black Women Invented The Color Yellow was originally published on hellobeautiful.com

4. Nicole Byer

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Slay! 20 Times Black Women Invented The Color Yellow was originally published on hellobeautiful.com

5. Solange

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Slay! 20 Times Black Women Invented The Color Yellow was originally published on hellobeautiful.com

6. Michelle Mitchenor

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Slay! 20 Times Black Women Invented The Color Yellow was originally published on hellobeautiful.com

7. Taraji P. Henson

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Slay! 20 Times Black Women Invented The Color Yellow was originally published on hellobeautiful.com

8. Angela Bassett

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Slay! 20 Times Black Women Invented The Color Yellow was originally published on hellobeautiful.com

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Slay! 20 Times Black Women Invented The Color Yellow was originally published on hellobeautiful.com

10. Beyonce Knowles-Carter

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Slay! 20 Times Black Women Invented The Color Yellow was originally published on hellobeautiful.com

11. Loni Love

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Slay! 20 Times Black Women Invented The Color Yellow was originally published on hellobeautiful.com

12. Tracee Ellis Ross

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Slay! 20 Times Black Women Invented The Color Yellow was originally published on hellobeautiful.com

13. Rihanna

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Slay! 20 Times Black Women Invented The Color Yellow was originally published on hellobeautiful.com

14. Michelle Obama

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Slay! 20 Times Black Women Invented The Color Yellow was originally published on hellobeautiful.com

15. Kerry Washington

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Slay! 20 Times Black Women Invented The Color Yellow was originally published on hellobeautiful.com

16. Lalah Hathaway

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Slay! 20 Times Black Women Invented The Color Yellow was originally published on hellobeautiful.com

17. Mj Rodriguez

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Slay! 20 Times Black Women Invented The Color Yellow was originally published on hellobeautiful.com

18. Faithe Herman

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Slay! 20 Times Black Women Invented The Color Yellow was originally published on hellobeautiful.com

19. Ryan Michelle Bathe

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Slay! 20 Times Black Women Invented The Color Yellow was originally published on hellobeautiful.com

20. Samira Wiley

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Slay! 20 Times Black Women Invented The Color Yellow was originally published on hellobeautiful.com