News, $5 bill to have splashes of purple, gray. (money, government, Washington)

[JD59]

WASHINGTON - Honest Abe will become Colorful Abe with splashes of purple and gray livening up the $5 bill.

The government showed off the new bill Thursday in an Internet news conference — a high-tech unveiling that officials say is entirely appropriate for a 21st century redesign of the bill featuring the Civil War president, Abraham Lincoln.

$5 bill to have splashes of purple, gray - Yahoo! News (broken link)

[tallrick]

Of course, it has to be pretty for its eventual use as wallpaper. Notice how paper money has been changing due to it's inherent instability?