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Prince and purple go hand in hand, and our love for both runs deep. So we were more than a little shocked to learn that purple was not<\/em> the iconic musician’s favourite colour. In a new interview with the Evening Standard<\/em><\/a>,<\/em> Prince’s sister Tyka Nelson (his only living blood relative) has revealed that his favourite colour was… orange?!<\/p>\n

“It is strange because people always associate the colour purple with Prince, but his favourite colour was actually orange,” said Nelson, referring to the Purple Rain<\/em> singer’s orange Cloud guitar.<\/p>\n

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Prince’s orange Cloud guitar<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The singer had been associated with the colour purple for so long that Pantone even dedicated a shade of the hue to Prince earlier this year, called Love Symbol #2,<\/a>\u00a0a deep purple that matched the colour of his custom-built Yamaha piano. Prince also rocked purple pretty frequently in his wardrobe, but he could also rock orange — (and any other colour, in fact) — like nobody’s business, as evidenced by his epic Super Bowl XLI performance<\/a> outfit. (Which, by the way, if you haven’t seen that performance before, please do so now, as it ranks among the top halftime shows of all time<\/a>, not least because it was during a Miami downpour).<\/p>\n

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(Photo by Ebet Roberts\/Redferns)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Interestingly enough, purple and orange are complementary colours, a fact that Prince was no doubt aware of, because he was always ahead of the curve in every respect, including fashion. So while we’re a bit saddened by “purple-gate”, we’re very excited about the upcoming exhibit of some of Prince’s most prized possessions, including that famous orange guitar and his glorious\u00a0Purple Rain<\/em> tour suits and puffy shirts at\u00a0“My Name is Prince”<\/a> in London starting October 27. Here’s hoping the exhibition travels to Canada, as the musician had a soft spot for Toronto, which he called home for five years<\/a> while he was married to Manuela Testolini. In the meantime, watch that Super Bowl performance and relive the purple rain.<\/p>\n

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