List of U.S. state colors

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Map of state colors in the United States.
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Map of state colors in the United States.
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  Unofficial colors, or unclear official status
  No known or officially no state colors

This is the official list of each state's colors.

Alabama

Alabama does not have known official state colors.

Alaska

Alaska does not have known official state colors.

Arizona

Arizona's official colors are:

They were adopted in 1915 [1] [2] [3]

Arkansas

Arkansas does not have known official state colors.

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California

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

Colorado does not have known official state colors.

Connecticut

Connecticut does not have known official state colors.

Delaware

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

Florida does not have known official state colors.

Georgia

Georgia does not have known official state colors.

Hawaii

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

Idaho does not have known official state colors.

Illinois

Illinois does not have known official state colors.

Indiana

Indiana's official colors are: [10] [ dubious ]

Iowa

Iowa does not have known official state colors.

Kansas

Kansas does not have known official state colors.

Kentucky

Kentucky does not have known official state colors.

Louisiana

Louisiana's official colors are: [11] [12]

They were adopted in 1972.

Maine

Maine does not have known official state colors.

Maryland

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

Massachusetts's official colors are:

They were adopted in 2005. [16] [17]

Michigan

Michigan does not have known official state colors.

Minnesota

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

Mississippi does not have known official state colors.

Missouri

Missouri does not have known official state colors.

Montana

Montana does not have known official state colors.

Nebraska

Nebraska does not have known official state colors.

Nevada

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

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

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

New Mexico does not have known official state colors.

New York

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

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

North Dakota does not have known official state colors.

Ohio

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

Oklahoma's official colors are: [11] [30]

Oregon

Oregon's official colors are: [31]

They were adopted in 1959. [11] [32] [33]

Pennsylvania

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

Rhode Island has no known official state colors.

South Carolina

South Carolina's official color is: [36]

It was adopted in 2008. [37] [38]

South Dakota

South Dakota does not have known official state colors.

Tennessee

Tennessee does not have known official state colors.

Texas

Texas does not have known official state colors.

Utah

Utah does not have known official state colors.

Vermont

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

Virginia does not have known official state colors.

Washington

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

West Virginia's official colors are:

They were adopted in 1963. [43] [44]

Wisconsin

Wisconsin does not have known official state colors.

Wyoming

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]

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References

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  2. "Arizona's State Symbols". Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records. Archived from the original on 2010-06-07. Retrieved November 8, 2009.
  3. "Session laws, State of Arizona, 1915, Second Legislature, Regular Session, First and Second Special Sessions". Arizona Memory Project. Archived from the original on May 31, 2022. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
  4. "California State Colors". NETSTATE. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  5. History and Culture - State Symbols California State Library
  6. "California Government Code, Title 1, Division 2, Chapter 2, Section 424" . Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  7. 1 2 "Delaware Code Online". delcode.delaware.gov. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  8. Facts & Symbols - Guide - Delaware government website
  9. §5-16.5 Official island colors Hawaii legislature
  10. "Indiana Fun Facts". Indiana House Republicans. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 19, 2014. The state colors are blue and gold.
  11. 1 2 3 Official State Colors, NetState.com, accessed April 21, 2006.
  12. Louisiana State Legislature RS 49:161
  13. "The Maryland State Flag". Maryland Secretary of State. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
  14. "Maryland Open For Business Brand Guide" (PDF). Maryland Department of Commerce. 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  15. "Maryland Logo Standards" (PDF). Maryland Department of Health. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  16. Massachusetts Facts: State Symbols Massachusetts Gov. Website
  17. General Laws of Massachusetts Part I Title I Chapter 2 Section 53
  18. "Minnesota SF3595 2016".
  19. "Purple as the official state color? Prince would approve". 23 April 2016.
  20. "Nevada NRS 235.025".
  21. "Nevada Assembly Bill 666 (1983)" (PDF).
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  24. Bill HB420 New Hampshire General Court
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  28. 1 2 "North Carolina Session Laws, 1945, c. 878", North Carolina State Library, State of North Carolina, archived from the original on 2008-02-27
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  30. Oklahoma Banking Department Annual Report 2010 (page 12)
  31. "Oregon Revised Statutes, Title 19, Chapter 186". pp. Chapter 186.010 (2). The official colors of the State of Oregon are navy blue and gold.
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