Choose white for the senior graduation gowns

Graphic by Annie Liu

The clash of colors for graduation gowns. 

This year, school district leaders have come to the consensus that seniors should only get one graduation color: white, navy blue or Stanford red. There is currently a final class vote that closes on Sept. 22. 

Thinking in purely fashion terms, white is obviously the superior color as it can match whatever a student is wearing under it. If the gown is Stanford red, however, it may be hard to match pink with red, which can limit the color choices of what can be worn under their graduation gown. 

Problems with navy blue arise when graduates start decorating graduation caps. The colors of the college you will attend  might not match navy blue, but if you have a white gown, the graduation cap is like a fresh canvas where you can decorate to your heart’s content. 

Then there is the matter of the likely weather in early June. At graduation, the choice of color becomes obvious when seniors are forced to sit under the sun for two hours. With darker colors, graduates will feel like they’re being boiled alive; it’s not exactly anyone’s dream to look sweaty for their prized graduation photos. If the graduation gown color was white, however, then dealing with the heat would be a lot easier since white is a reflective color.

My plea to my fellow seniors: Pick white as the graduation color because it is simply the most practical and rational option.