List of U.S. state 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

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

Arizona

Arizona's official colors are:

  •      Blue ("the same shade as that of the flag of the United States")
  •      Old gold

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

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.

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]

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]

  •      Red (Hawaiʻi)
  •      Pink (Maui)
  •      Golden yellow (Oʻahu)
  •      Purple (Kauaʻi)
  •      Green (Molokaʻi)
  •      Orange (Lānaʻi)
  •      White (Niʻihau)
  •      Gray (Kahoʻolawe)

Indiana

Indiana's official colors are:[10]

  •      Blue
  •      Gold

Louisiana

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

  •      Blue
  •      White
  •      Gold

They were adopted in 1972.

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]

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]

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 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]

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

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

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.)

South Carolina

South Carolina's official color is:[37]

  •      Indigo blue

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


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]

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:

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

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 41, Section 851". https://www.azleg.gov/viewDocument/?docName=http://www.azleg.gov/ars/41/00851.htm. 
  2. ↑ "Arizona's State Symbols". Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records. http://www.lib.az.us/museum/symbols.cfm. 
  3. ↑ "Session laws, State of Arizona, 1915, Second Legislature, Regular Session, First and Second Special Sessions". https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/81. 
  4. ↑ "California State Colors". NETSTATE. https://www.netstate.com/states/symb/colors/ca_colors.htm. 
  5. ↑ History and Culture - State Symbols California State Library
  6. ↑ "California Government Code, Title 1, Division 2, Chapter 2, Section 424". https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV&sectionNum=424.. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Delaware Code Online". https://delcode.delaware.gov/title29/c003/index.html#306. 
  8. ↑ Facts & Symbols - Guide - Delaware government website
  9. ↑ §5-16.5 Official island colors Hawaii legislature
  10. ↑ "Indiana Fun Facts". Indiana House Republicans. http://www.state.in.us/legislative/house_republicans/student/facts.html. "The state colors are blue and gold." 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Official State Colors, NetState.com, accessed April 21, 2006.
  12. ↑ Louisiana State Legislature RS 49:161
  13. ↑ "The Maryland State Flag" (in en-us). https://sos.maryland.gov/Pages/default.aspx. 
  14. ↑ "Maryland Open For Business Brand Guide". Maryland Department of Commerce. 2018. https://doit.maryland.gov/webcom/Documents/MD_Open_for_Business_Style_Guide.pdf. 
  15. ↑ "Maryland Logo Standards". Maryland Department of Health. https://health.maryland.gov/ohr/Documents/Logo%20Standards_Health.pdf. 
  16. ↑ Concise Facts Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts website
  17. ↑ "General Law - Part I, Title I, Chapter 2, Section 53". https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleI/Chapter2/Section53. 
  18. ↑ "Mass. Now comes in colors: Students' civics project adds green, blue and cranberry to official state spectrum". https://eu.milforddailynews.com/story/news/2004/11/20/mass-now-comes-in-colors/41292540007/. 
  19. ↑ "SF 3595 as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016)". https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF3595&version=0&session=ls89&session_year=2016&session_number=0. 
  20. ↑ "Purple as the official state color? Prince would approve". 23 April 2016. http://www.twincities.com/2016/04/23/purple-as-the-official-state-color-prince-would-approve/. 
  21. ↑ "NRS: CHAPTER 235 - STATE SEAL, MOTTO AND SYMBOLS; GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS". https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-235.html#NRS235Sec025. 
  22. ↑ "Nevada Assembly Bill 666 (1983)". http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Division/Research/Library/LegHistory/LHs/1983/AB666,1983.pdf. 
  23. ↑ Nevada information: State symbols Official state website
  24. ↑ "Nevada State Colors, Silver and Blue, from NETSTATE.COM". https://www.netstate.com/states/symb/colors/nv_silver_blue.htm. 
  25. ↑ Bill HB420 New Hampshire General Court
  26. ↑ State of New Jersey. "52:2A-1. Official colors". http://lis.njleg.state.nj.us/nxt/gateway.dll/statutes/1/43422/43435. 
  27. ↑ Fisher, Lynn. "New Jersey" (in en). https://usflags.design/new-jersey. 
  28. ↑ "New York State Branding Overview, Guidelines and Architecture". March 31, 2015. https://esd.ny.gov/sites/default/files/rfp/08032015_NYS_BrandGuidelines.PDF. 
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 "North Carolina Session Laws, 1945, c. 878", North Carolina State Library (State of North Carolina), http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/NC/SYMBOLS/symbolSL.html 
  30. ↑ "Ohio Brand Guide". https://ohio.org/static/uploads/pdfs/31903-TO-Rebrand-Brand+Guide-v1.4.pdf. 
  31. ↑ Oklahoma Banking Department Annual Report 2010 (page 12)
  32. ↑ "Oregon Revised Statutes, Title 19, Chapter 186". pp. Chapter 186.010 (2). https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors186.html. "The official colors of the State of Oregon are navy blue and gold." 
  33. ↑ "Oregon Guard Bulletin, May 1, 1936". Oregon State Library. http://library.state.or.us/repository/2013/201302130929063/v2n4.pdf. "The medal (...) is suspended from a ribbon of blue and gold, the official state colors." 
  34. ↑ "Oregon Almanac: Dance to Hot Springs". Oregon Blue Book. https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/facts/almanac/d-h.aspx. "Blue and gold are the state colors." 
  35. ↑ "State Symbols". https://www.pa.gov/guides/state-symbols/. 
  36. ↑ "Pennsylvania State Colors". State Symbols USA. 8 May 2014. http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Pennsylvania/colors_PA.html. 
  37. ↑ "Official State Symbols of North Carolina". North Carolina State Library (State of North Carolina). http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/NC/SYMBOLS/SYMBOLS.HTM. 
  38. ↑ "South Carolina State House: Colors & Textiles". South Carolina State House. http://www.scstatehouse.gov/studentpage/coolstuff/colors.shtml. 
  39. ↑ S*1033 (Rat #0229, Act #0200 of 2008) General Bill, By Cromer and Campsen South Carolina Legislature Online
  40. ↑ Bill H.0184 The Vermont Legislative Bill Tracking System
  41. ↑ "State Symbols". Washington State Legislature. http://www.leg.wa.gov/Symbols/Pages/default.aspx. 
  42. ↑ "Chapter 1.20 RCW, General Provisions". Revised Code of Washington. Washington State Legislature. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=1.20. 
  43. ↑ "RCW 1.20.010, State flag". Revised Code of Washington. Washington State Legislature. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=1.20.010. 
  44. ↑ "State Symbols". West Virginia's State Treasurer's Office. Archived from the original on February 9, 2013. https://archive.today/20130209191303/http://www.wvsto.com/dept/FinEd/Teachers/Kids/StateEmblems/Pages/Symbols.aspx. Retrieved July 18, 2012. 
  45. ↑ "Departmental, Statistical and General Information". West Virginia Legislature. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2012/bluebook/section/Section_11.pdf. 
  46. ↑ Bill HB0108 State of Wyoming Legislature

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