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List of U.S. state colors

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

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

Arizona

Further information: List of Arizona state symbols

Arizona's official colors are:

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

California

Further information: List of California state symbols

California's official colors are:

  •   Blue
  •   Gold

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:

  • Color Association of the United States (Formerly Textile Color Card Association of New York, Inc.):
    • Blue: Yale Blue, cable number 70086, Standard Color Card of America, 9th edition.
    • Gold: Golden Yellow, cable number 65001, United States Army Card of Official Colors for Arms and Services.
  • ISCC–NBS system:
    • Yale Blue: Deep purplish blue.
    • Golden Yellow: Vivid yellow.
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Delaware

Further information: List of Delaware state symbols

Delaware's official colors are:[7][8]

  •   Colonial blue
  •   Buff

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]

Hawaii

Further information: List of Hawaii state symbols

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]

Indiana

Further information: List of Indiana state symbols

Indiana's official colors are:[10]

  •   Blue
  •   Gold

Louisiana

Further information: List of Louisiana state symbols

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

  •   Blue
  •   White
  •   Gold

They were adopted in 1972.

Maryland

Further information: List of Maryland state symbols

Maryland does not have known official state colors. Maryland's widely used unofficial colors are:

  •   Red
  •   White
  •   Black
  •   Gold

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]

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Massachusetts

Further information: List of Massachusetts state symbols

Massachusetts's official colors are:

  •   Blue
  •   Green
  •   Cranberry

They were adopted in 2005.[16][17] The colors represent Cape Cod Bay that the Pilgrims sailed over (blue), the Connecticut River Valley and the Berkshire mountains (green), and the state's cranberry industry which once produced 70 percent of the world's crop (cranberry)[18]

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Minnesota

Further information: List of Minnesota state symbols

Minnesota does not have known official state colors.

Minnesota proposed in 2016 to make its official color

  •   Purple

in honor of the musician Prince; however, the motion did not succeed.[19][20]

Nevada

Further information: List of Nevada state symbols

Nevada's official colors are:[21][22]

  •   Silver
  •   Blue

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.[23][24]

New Hampshire

Further information: List of New Hampshire state symbols

New Hampshire does not have known official state colors.

New Hampshire proposed in 2013 to make the colors

  •   Orange
  •   Red
  •   Yellow

its official state colors; however, the motion did not succeed.[25]

New Jersey

Further information: List of New Jersey state symbols

New Jersey's official colors are:[26]

  •   Jersey Blue
  •   Buff

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.[27]

New York

Further information: List of New York state symbols

New York does not have known official state colors in law, but does define specific color shades in their official branding guide:[28]

  •   Dark Blue
  •   Light Blue
  •   Gold

North Carolina

Further information: List of North Carolina state symbols

North Carolina's official colors are:[29]

  •   Red
  •   Blue

Specifically, the same shades "appearing in the North Carolina State flag and the American flag."[29]

Ohio

Further information: List of Ohio state symbols

Ohio does not have known official state colors in law, but does define specific color shades in their official branding guide,[30] inspired by the Flag of Ohio:

  •   Buckeye Blue
  •   Cardinal Red
  •   White

Oklahoma

Further information: List of Oklahoma state symbols

Oklahoma's official colors are:[11][31]

  •   Green
  •   White

Oregon

Further information: List of Oregon state symbols

Oregon's official colors are:[32]

  •   Navy blue
  •   Gold

They were adopted in 1959.[11][33][34]

Pennsylvania

Further information: List of Pennsylvania state symbols

Pennsylvania does not have known official state colors.

No official state colors are listed on the Commonwealth's State Symbols webpage,[35] and no resolution or legislation designating state colors is known to exist.

Some sources erroneously cite blue and gold[36] 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.)

South Carolina

Further information: List of South Carolina state symbols

South Carolina's official color is:[37]

  •   Indigo blue

It was adopted in 2008.[38][39]


Vermont

Further information: List of Vermont state symbols

Vermont does not have known official state colors.

Vermont proposed in 2007 to make the colors

  •   Green
  •   Gold

its official state colors; however, the motion did not succeed.[40]

Washington

Further information: List of Washington state symbols

Washington does not have known official state colors.

No official state colors are listed the state legislature's State Symbols webpage[41] nor in Chapter 1.20 of the Revised Code of Washington (where other official symbols are designated).[42] Some sources list dark green and gold/yellow, the two colors specified for the flag by law since 1925.[43]

West Virginia

Further information: List of West Virginia state symbols

West Virginia's official colors are:

They were adopted in 1963.[44][45]

Wyoming

Further information: List of Wyoming state symbols

Wyoming does not have known official state colors.

Wyoming proposed in 2003 to make the colors

  •   Brown
  •   Yellow

its official state colors in honor of the University of Wyoming Cowboys 1980 football uniforms; however, the motion did not succeed.[46]

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