List of U.S. state colors
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This is a list of official colors of U.S. states.
Table
State | Color 1 | Color 2 | Color 3 | Color 4 | Name(s) | Notes |
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Alabama | none | none | Red and White[1] | |||
Arizona | none | none | Federal Blue and Old Gold | Adopted in 1915[2] | ||
California | none | none | Blue and Gold | (1951) Blue for the sky, gold for the California Gold Rush. First used by University of California, Berkeley in 1875.[3] | ||
Delaware | none | none | Colonial Blue and Buff | [4] | ||
Florida | none | Orange, Red, and White | Orange for the orange on the Seal and the oranges that grow there, and red and white because of the colors on the flag[citation needed] | |||
Hawaii | none | none | none | none | None[5] | Each island has its own official color[6] |
Idaho | Red, Green, and Gold | |||||
Indiana | none | none | Blue and Gold | [7] | ||
Louisiana | none | Blue, White and Gold | [5][8] | |||
Maryland | Red, White, Black, and Gold | From the coat of arms of the Calvert and Crossland families | ||||
Massachusetts | none | Blue, Green and Cranberry | (February 21, 2005)[9][10] | |||
Nevada | none | none | Silver and Blue | (1983)[11] Blue for Lake Tahoe and the mountain bluebird, silver for the granite of the Sierra Nevada and the silver country of northern Nevada.[12] | ||
New Jersey | none | none | Buff and Blue | (1965)[5][13] | ||
New Mexico | none | none | Red and Yellow | Same shades as in New Mexico state flag | ||
New York | none | none | Blue and Gold | |||
North Carolina | none | none | Red and Blue | [14] | ||
Ohio | none | Red, White and Blue | Same shades as the Ohio state flag | |||
Oklahoma | none | none | Green and White | [5][15] | ||
Oregon | none | none | Navy Blue and Gold | [5][16][17] (1959) | ||
Pennsylvania | none | none | Blue and Gold[18] | |||
South Carolina | none | none | none | Indigo Blue | Adopted in 2008[19][20] | |
Tennessee | none | none | Orange and White | |||
Texas | none | Red, White, and Blue | Same shades as the Texas state flag | |||
Utah | none | none | Black and Yellow[citation needed] | |||
Virginia | none | none | none | none | None | The flag background is blue. |
Washington | none | none | none | none | None | No official state colors are listed the state legislature's State Symbols webpage[21] nor in Chapter 1.20 of the Revised Code of Washington (where other official symbols are designated).[22] Some sources list dark green and gold/yellow, the two colors specified for the flag by law since 1925.[23] |
West Virginia | none | none | Old Gold and Blue | [24] |
Officially proposed state colors
State | Color 1 | Color 2 | Color 3 | Color 4 | Name(s) | Notes |
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New Hampshire | none | Orange, Red and Yellow | Proposed in 2013[25] | |||
Vermont | none | none | Green and Gold | Proposed in 2007[26] | ||
Wyoming | none | none | Brown and Yellow | Proposed in 2003[27] |
References
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- ↑ History and Culture - State Symbols California State Library
- ↑ Delaware Facts and Symbols Delaware state website
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Official State Colors, NetState.com, accessed April 21, 2006.
- ↑ §5-16.5 Official island colors Hawaii legislature
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- ↑ Louisiana State Legislature RS 49:161
- ↑ Massachusetts Facts: State Symbols Massachusetts Gov. Website
- ↑ General Laws of Massachusetts Part I Title I Chapter 2 Section 53
- ↑ NRS 235.025 State colors. Nevada legislature
- ↑ Nevada information: State symbols Official state website
- ↑ Chapter 170, Laws of NJ
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- ↑ Oklahoma Banking Department Annual Report 2010 (page 12)
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- ↑ S*1033 (Rat #0229, Act #0200 of 2008) General Bill, By Cromer and Campsen South Carolina Legislature Online
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- ↑ Bill HB420 New Hampshire General Court
- ↑ Bill H.0184 The Vermont Legislative Bill Tracking System
- ↑ Bill HB0108 State of Wyoming Legislature