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729:, was chosen based on the school's main color, cardinal, since a cyclone mascot would have been difficult to design. A number of other universities use it as well.
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is 201 C, while
Carnegie Mellon and Worcester Polytechnic Institute use PMS 187, Brown University uses PMS 192, Iowa State University uses PMS 186, and
238:
Matching System (PMS) color is 200, as seen in the school colors for
Wisconsin, Arizona and Wesleyan, and as one of the two official colors of the
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710:- and is usually worn as the primary color of the college's many sports teams and societies, such as the football team, the hockey team and the
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41:
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506:(although the athletic teams' official colors are cardinal and white, the university's athletic teams are called the
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888:. Prior to adoption of the Razorback as the mascot, the university's sports teams were known as the Cardinals.
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Cardinal is 1 of 2 primary colors with myrtle a.k.a. green & red for the 21-time premiership winners
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208:
186:
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20:
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684:, Melbourne, Australia. It is reflective of the tinctures gules and argent in its coat of arms.
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New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 192; Color Sample of
Cardinal: Page 33 Plate 5 Color Sample L5
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The cardinal color takes its name from the color of the robes worn by
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215:). The cardinal bird also takes its name from the cardinal bishops.
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Other school colors described as cardinal include those of the
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351:
70:
691:, Seoul, South Korea. The university was established by the
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895:, and the school's athletic teams are called the Cardinals.
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62:
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fraternities and the only official color of the sorority
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66:
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Cardinal is the official primary color of baseball's
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Massachusetts
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
19:
This article is about the color. For other uses, see
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Cardinal and blue are the official school colors of
898:Cardinal, gold, and blue are the school colors for
1272:is displayed on page 33, Plate 5, Color Sample L5.
881:Cardinal and white are the official colors of the
229:
513:Cardinal and gold are the official colors of the
477:. It is also the official color of athletic team
1962:
1204:Cardinal is the official color, and nickname of
734:University of Southern California (USC) Cardinal
1190:(who were formerly in Chicago, then St. Louis).
1167:Cardinal was formerly one of the colors of the
891:Cardinal and black are the official colors of
524:Cardinal and white are the official colors of
488:Cardinal and white are the official colors of
473:Cardinal red and steel grey are the colors of
1327:
717:Cardinal and gold are the official colors of
680:Cardinal and grey are the official colors of
1334:
1320:
698:Cardinal is the official college color of
466:Cardinal red and black are the colours of
211:(although the color worn by cardinals is
1217:Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags and Athenas
934:Chaminade College Preparatory (Missouri)
180:
172:
1963:
1268:New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color
1215:Cardinal is the official color of the
498:A brighter version of Cardinal is the
272:
1315:
475:Massachusetts Institute of Technology
653:Stanford University Identity Toolkit
468:St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace
1264:in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul
907:California State University, Fresno
13:
1219:, the combined sports programs of
1193:Cardinal is the official color of
1182:Cardinal is the official color of
687:Cardinal is the official color of
526:California State University, Chico
200:, which may get its name from the
14:
1982:
1341:
970:University of Southern California
515:University of Southern California
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745:
544:
321:
40:
1119:Fresno State Branding Standards
1016: Color coordinates
982:University of Wisconsin–Madison
962:Stevens Institute of Technology
751: Color coordinates
550: Color coordinates
327: Color coordinates
252:Stanford's variant of the color
230:Cardinal in other color systems
46: Color coordinates
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1:
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986:City College of San Francisco
533:Stanford University Cardinal
297:Fraternities as well as the
7:
1235:
954:New Mexico State University
10:
1987:
926:Carnegie Mellon University
700:University College, Durham
218:The first recorded use of
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1221:Claremont McKenna College
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269:of the color is #CC2233.
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21:Cardinal (disambiguation)
1296:"Color - Identity Guide"
1175:), along with the color
285:Cardinal is used by the
1138:: Normalized to (byte)
873:: Normalized to (byte)
854:USC Identity Guidelines
725:. The school's mascot,
672:: Normalized to (byte)
470:in Brisbane, Australia.
449:: Normalized to (byte)
166:: Normalized to (byte)
1155:South Sydney Rabbitohs
990:Santa Clara University
883:University of Arkansas
226:was in the year 1698.
190:
178:
1383:Bright pink (Crayola)
1283:A Dictionary of Color
1266:A Dictionary of Color
999:Fresno State Cardinal
978:Willamette University
930:Chadron State College
918:Ball State University
914:University of Arizona
719:Iowa State University
256:Ball State University
184:
176:
942:Fairfield University
664:Strong reddish brown
481:and official mascot
430:MIT Graphic Identity
177:Cardinal bird (male)
1884:Syracuse red-orange
1373:Bittersweet shimmer
1225:Harvey Mudd College
1171:(since reverted to
1169:San Francisco 49ers
1162:St. Louis Cardinals
1126:ISCC–NBS descriptor
893:Wesleyan University
861:ISCC–NBS descriptor
682:La Trobe University
660:ISCC–NBS descriptor
504:Stanford University
494:Rocklin, California
437:ISCC–NBS descriptor
273:Cardinal in culture
222:as a color name in
154:ISCC–NBS descriptor
1195:Marlow Rowing Club
938:Chapman University
234:The corresponding
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1184:American football
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704:Durham University
689:Sogang University
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16:Color (vivid red)
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1457:Chocolate cosmos
1398:Cantaloupe melon
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303:Alpha Omicron Pi
267:web-safe version
258:uses PMS 199.
248:Alpha Omicron Pi
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958:Oberlin College
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