Fiorentina originally played in red and white shirts, the traditional colors of the city of Florence. However, in 1929, a mistake occurred when the match shirts were washed in the Arno River – the colors mixed, and together with the black shorts, a purple shade was created. Another version is that Fiorentina's founder, the fascist leader Luigi Ridolfi, became fond of the purple color after his team played a friendly match against Hungarian side Újpest FC in the autumn of 1928.
Fiorentina originally played in red and white shirts, the traditional colors of the city of Florence. However, in 1929, a mistake occurred when the match shirts were washed in the Arno River – the colors mixed, and together with the black shorts, a purple shade was created. Another version is that Fiorentina's founder, the fascist leader Luigi Ridolfi, became fond of the purple color after his team played a friendly match against Hungarian side Újpest FC in the autumn of 1928.