Two California teens booted from their elite Catholic school for wearing blackface have been awarded more than $1 million after proving the viral selfie was a green acne face mask.

A Santa Clara County jury gave the award along with tuition reimbursement to the pair kicked out of Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

“Our primary goal was to clear [our clients’] names,” the teens’ lawyer, Krista Baughman, told the outlet. “It was quite clear the jury believed these were innocent face masks.”

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