List of U.S. state colors
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This is the official list of each state's colors.
Official colors
Unofficial colors, or unclear official status
No known or officially no state 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:
Arkansas
Arkansas does not have known official state colors.
California
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]
- International Commission on Illumination:
- Blue: Y 0.063 x 0.204 y 0.165
- Gold: Y 0.449 x 0.474 y 0.458
- Munsell Renotation:
- Blue: H V/C 7.3 PB 2.9/8.8
- Gold: H V/C 2.0 Y 7.1/11.3
- Munsell Book Notation:
- Blue: H V/C 7.2 PB 2.9/9.1
- Gold: H V/C 1 Y 7.3/11
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.
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]
- 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]
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
 | This section's factual accuracy is disputed. (August 2023) |
Indiana's official colors are:[10][dubious – discuss]
- Blue
- Gold
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]
- Blue
- White
- Gold
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:
- 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]
Massachusetts
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]
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
- Purple
in honor of the musician Prince; however, the motion did not succeed.[19][20]
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:[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
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
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 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:[28]
- Dark Blue
- Light Blue
- Gold
North Carolina
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]
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,[30] inspired by the Flag of Ohio:
- Buckeye Blue
- Cardinal Red
- White
Oklahoma
Oklahoma's official colors are:[11][31]
- Green
- White
Oregon
Oregon's official colors are:[32]
- Navy blue
- Gold
Pennsylvania
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.)
Rhode Island
Rhode Island has no known official state colors.
South Carolina
South Carolina's official color is:[37]
- Indigo blue
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
- Green
- Gold
its official state colors; however, the motion did not succeed.[40]
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[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
West Virginia's official colors are:
- Old gold
- Blue
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
- 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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