Official colors
Unofficial colors, or unclear official status
No known or officially no state colors
This is the official list of each state's colors.
This is the official list of each state's colors.
Alabama does not have known official state colors.
Alaska does not have known official state colors.
Arizona's official colors are:
Arkansas does not have known official state colors.
California's official colors are:
First used by the University of California, Berkeley in 1875, and officially adopted by the state in 1951, [4] blue represents the sky and gold represents the California Gold Rush. [5]
The colors are defined by several different standards in law: [6]
References:
Colorado does not have known official state colors.
Connecticut does not have known official state colors.
Delaware's official colors are: [7] [8]
Further, "colonial blue and buff, are designated by the Textile Color Card Association of the United States, Inc., New York, as 'arno blue' Cable No. 10663, and 'golden beige' Cable No. 10781 respectively; the color shades having been determined by Colorimetric Specifications of the National Bureau of Standards, United States Department of Commerce, in Test No. 2, 1/140565, dated November 18, 1954, which is on file with the Delaware Public Archives, Dover, Delaware." [7]
Florida does not have known official state colors.
Georgia does not have known official state colors.
Hawaii does not have known official colors for the entire state. However, Hawaii has legislated an official color for each of its eight main islands: [9]
Idaho does not have known official state colors.
Illinois does not have known official state colors.
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Indiana's official colors are: [10] [ dubious – discuss ]
Iowa does not have known official state colors.
Kansas does not have known official state colors.
Kentucky does not have known official state colors.
Louisiana's official colors are: [11] [12]
They were adopted in 1972.
Maine does not have known official state colors.
Maryland does not have known official state colors. Maryland's widely-used unofficial colors are:
The colors come from the state flag, which in turn uses the Baltimore and Crossland crests of the Calvert family. [13] Maryland flag imagery (and in turn, the four colors of the flag, in varying shades) are used extensively in official government branding. [14] [15]
Massachusetts's official colors are:
Michigan does not have known official state colors.
Minnesota does not have known official state colors.
Minnesota proposed in 2016 to make its official color
in honor of the musician Prince; however, the motion did not succeed. [18] [19]
Mississippi does not have known official state colors.
Missouri does not have known official state colors.
Montana does not have known official state colors.
Nebraska does not have known official state colors.
Nevada's official colors are: [20] [21]
Blue stands for Lake Tahoe and the mountain bluebird, while silver stands for the granite of the Sierra Nevada and the silver country of northern Nevada. [22] [23]
New Hampshire does not have known official state colors.
New Hampshire proposed in 2013 to make the colors
its official state colors; however, the motion did not succeed. [24]
New Jersey's official colors are: [25]
Using the Cable color system developed by the Color Association of the United States, Jersey Blue was defined as Cable No. 70087; Buff was defined as Cable No. 65015. The Office of the Secretary of State of New Jersey gives the blue and buff color hexadecimal equivalents as #2484C6 and #E1B584, respectively. [26]
New Mexico does not have known official state colors.
New York does not have known official state colors in law, but does define specific color shades in their official branding guide: [27]
North Carolina's official colors are: [28]
Specifically, the same shades "appearing in the North Carolina State flag and the American flag." [28]
North Dakota does not have known official state colors.
Ohio does not have known official state colors in law, but does define specific color shades in their official branding guide, [29] inspired by the Flag of Ohio:
Oklahoma's official colors are: [11] [30]
Oregon's official colors are: [31]
Pennsylvania does not have known official state colors.
No official state colors are listed on the Commonwealth's State Symbols webpage, [34] and no resolution or legislation designating state colors is known to exist.
Some sources erroneously cite blue and gold [35] due to their prominence on the state license plate and the state flag, but these colors are coincidentally predominant on many current and historical US state license plates and on most blue "seal on a bedsheet" US state flags, including Pennsylvania's and at least 19 others.)
Rhode Island has no known official state colors.
South Carolina's official color is: [36]
South Dakota does not have known official state colors.
Tennessee does not have known official state colors.
Texas does not have known official state colors.
Utah does not have known official state colors.
Vermont does not have known official state colors.
Vermont proposed in 2007 to make the colors
its official state colors; however, the motion did not succeed. [39]
Virginia does not have known official state colors.
Washington does not have known official state colors.
No official state colors are listed the state legislature's State Symbols webpage [40] nor in Chapter 1.20 of the Revised Code of Washington (where other official symbols are designated). [41] Some sources list dark green and gold/yellow, the two colors specified for the flag by law since 1925. [42]
West Virginia's official colors are:
Wisconsin does not have known official state colors.
Wyoming does not have known official state colors.
Wyoming proposed in 2003 to make the colors
its official state colors in honor of the University of Wyoming Cowboys 1980 football uniforms; however, the motion did not succeed. [45]
Gold, also called golden, is a color tone resembling the gold chemical element.
The coat of arms of the state of New Jersey includes:
The flags of the U.S. states, territories, and the District of Columbia exhibit a variety of regional influences and local histories, as well as different styles and design principles. Modern U.S. state flags date from the turn of the 20th century, when states considered distinctive symbols for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. Most U.S. state flags were designed and adopted between 1893 and World War I.
The flag of Delaware consists of a buff-colored diamond on a field of colonial blue, with the coat of arms of the state of Delaware inside the diamond. Below the diamond, the date December 7, 1787, declares the day on which Delaware became the first state to ratify the United States Constitution. The colors of the flag reflect the colors of the uniform of General George Washington.
The flag of Maryland is the official flag of the U.S. state of Maryland and the 17th-century heraldic banner of arms of Cecil, 2nd Baron Baltimore. It consists of the arms of his father George, 1st Baron Baltimore (1579–1632), quartered with those of his grandmother, heiress of the Crossland family. The flag was officially adopted by the Maryland General Assembly in 1904.
U.S. states, districts, and territories have representative symbols that are recognized by their state legislatures, territorial legislatures, or tradition. Some, such as flags, seals, and birds have been created or chosen by all U.S. polities, while others, such as state crustaceans, state mushrooms, and state toys have been chosen by only a few.
Maroon is a brownish crimson color that takes its name from the French word marron, or chestnut. "Marron" is also one of the French translations for "brown".
In the United States, vehicle registration plates, known as license plates, are issued by a department of motor vehicles, an agency of the state or territorial government, or in the case of the District of Columbia, the district government. Some Native American tribes also issue plates. The U.S. federal government issues plates only for its own vehicle fleet and for vehicles owned by foreign diplomats. Until the 1980s, diplomatic plates were issued by the state in which the consulate or embassy was located.
Columbia blue is a light blue color named after Columbia University. The color itself derives from the official hue of the Philolexian Society, the university's oldest student organization. Although Columbia blue is often identified with Pantone 292, the Philolexian Society first used it in the early 19th century, before the standardization of colors. Pantone 290, a slightly lighter shade of blue, has also been specified by some Columbia University offices, and is the current official color listed by the Columbia University visual communications office. Several other shades are also used by parts of the university in an official capacity.
The flag of the U.S. state of Maine from 1901 to 1909 was the first official flag to be used to represent the state other than its militia; it was later replaced by a more standard military-style flag in 1909.
The state colors are blue and gold.
The official colors of the State of Oregon are navy blue and gold.
The medal (...) is suspended from a ribbon of blue and gold, the official state colors.
Blue and gold are the state colors.
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