# High School Colors **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 1, 2001, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-colors/74533 "2001-08-01T20:34:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-colors/74533/21 "2001-08-01T22:35:06Z")
K-12: Red and Gray College: Garnet and Gray Graduate School: Blue and Gold (I think) Place of employment: Green and Gold ---
**Author:** ![sewalk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@sewalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sewalk)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-colors/74533/22 "2001-08-01T22:49:45Z")
High School: Red & White College: Crimson & Cream US Army Branch: Gold & Green ---
**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-colors/74533/23 "2001-08-01T22:51:48Z")
High School: Brown and maize. (The most hideous school colors I’ve ever seen.) University: Blue and gold. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-colors/74533/24 "2001-08-01T23:36:34Z")
Jr High- Green and Gold High School- Navy Blue, Red and White ---
**Author:** ![brad\_d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@brad\_d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brad_d)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-colors/74533/25 "2001-08-02T01:36:48Z")
Elementary school: Blue and Gold Junior High: Red and White (Red Raiders) High School: Blue and White (Blue Raiders. Hmm…) College: Navy Blue and Gray (Go Rice!) Grad School: Umm…Blue and Orange, apparently, but it’s not very obvious… ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-colors/74533/26 "2001-08-02T01:38:01Z")
middle school: Purple and gold. high school:Red and black (I love these colors. I really do.) college: some variation of what amounts to purple and yellow. I think. (for all I show University stuff they could be navy and grey) ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-colors/74533/27 "2001-08-02T01:43:51Z")
They started that “Grade School Pride” crap after I left, so we didn’t have colors or mascots. Thank god. Jr High: Blue & White High School: Blue & Gold. But Baby blue–argh. We were the “Bearcats” Women’s teams were sometimes “Lady Bearcats” but often “Bearkittens.” Arrrrgh. Undergrad: Black & Gold “Wildcats” Grad School: Maize & Blue “Wolverines” ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-colors/74533/28 "2001-08-02T01:44:47Z")
Middle school: Blue and gold High school: Blue and white College: Maroon and, I suppose, white. I’m sure of the maroon but the white I’m guessing. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-colors/74533/29 "2001-08-02T01:47:20Z")
Oh yeah, in high school the mascot was the Headless Horseman (the legendary haunt of Sleepy Hollow - ya gotta admit that’s one kick-ass mascot!). Unfortunately, the team name was the Riders. So the women’s teams were the Lady Riders. Our rival schools made ribald jokes. Now in college it’s the Bulldogs. This, of course, invites people to shout “WHO LET THE DAWGS OUT?!?!” all the time. ---
**Author:** ![PlanMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@PlanMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlanMan)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-colors/74533/30 "2001-08-02T01:53:27Z")
Elementary - ??? don’t think we had colors Jr. High (7-9) - Maroon and Grey (“Warriors”) High - Blue and Grey (“Robert E. Lee Generals”) College #1 - Red and Grey(?) (“Panthers”) College #2 - Blue and White (“Ospreys”) - altho’ it was a new university and didn’t have sports teams until after I left. While there we had an vote on the mascot name, “Armadillos” and “Manatees” were serious contenders. I’m still not sure if the selected Osprey actually **won** the vote. [sub][hijack] I never graduated in cap and gown. HS did formal wear (long dresses for the girls, dinner jackets for the guys), and I finished college in an “off” quarter, so we got our diplomas at a reception. [/hijack][/sub] ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-colors/74533/31 "2001-08-02T03:18:58Z")
Elementary school - your elementary schools had colors? Jr. high/High school (one institution)- the only thing that the school colors were used for were the gym uniforms, and probably for the sports teams uniforms. We voted on new ones every three or four years. Seventh grade - pink and black; 8-11th grades - green and grey. (I left after that, but I believe they went with light blue and dark blue in what would have been my senior year.) College #1 colors - Red and white. College #2 colors - Light blue and dark blue. ---
**Author:** ![beergeek279](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@beergeek279](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beergeek279)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-colors/74533/32 "2001-08-02T04:07:00Z")
Elementary and High School (went to a K-6 elementary and 7-12 high school) (the Buccaneers…fairly dopey pirate with a knife in his mouth): Maroon and Gold University 1 (Bearcats): black and red University 2 (Lions): blue and white University 3 (Vulcans): back to black and red again! (I swear…3rd time is a charm! ;)) ---
**Author:** ![Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fairy_Princess_Kitty)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-colors/74533/33 "2001-08-02T04:19:18Z")
I’ve always had blue and white as school colors, elementary school Aviators, junior high Dolphins, high school rebels. My class colors however are baby blue and silver, we’re the white tigers, it’s a rather nice combination, better than '04’s blue and orange at least. Kitty ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-colors/74533/34 "2001-08-02T04:58:20Z")
Red, gray, and blue. Purple and gold. Maroon and gold. Red, white, and gold. Silver and blue. Silver, black, and blue. And those are just the high schools I went to. ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-colors/74533/35 "2001-08-02T07:03:41Z")
Thanks for checking in everyone. I don’t know why I had to ask this question but I did. And people actually answered! Yay for me! I didn’t mention my school mascots, but I guess since everyone else is doing it I might as well. Public Elementary #1 (Crismon) - Cougars Public Elementary #2 (Jordan) - Jaguars Parochial Elementary/Jr. High (Mt. Carmel) - Falcons Parochial High School (Seton) - Sentinel - You know, a Roman soldier. Don’t know the significance, but who cared? University (Arizona State) - Sparky the Sun Devil. I just threw in the public/parochial thing because maybe the mascots would mean something if I did. It doesn’t to me, but I am clueless. I am guessing that many of the mascots were used because they had the first letter in common with the school name. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-colors/74533/36 "2001-08-02T12:32:06Z")
College colors were officially “Cardinal red and silver gray”, but were known among the student body as “Blood on concrete”. ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-colors/74533/37 "2001-08-02T12:55:19Z")
Grade School: Green and White(I think) HS: Black and Gold College: Maize and Blue ---
**Author:** ![Deiket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Deiket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deiket)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-colors/74533/38 "2001-08-02T13:36:41Z")
Kindergarten through my high school senior year. My colors were (are)… Green and White. Since I’m actually going to be a high school senior when school starts, those are the only colors I have. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-colors/74533/39 "2001-08-02T13:40:01Z")
Technically, my high school colors where black and blue. See, my school as whole is red and white, but each class has their own colors. Now for mascots: Elementary school: A tiger…if memory serves right his name was Jufi or something similar. High school: We had none, but if you consider my high school was part of the university, then it was a rooster(for females it was a hen) University: It will probably be a “gator”. ---
**Author:** ![Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trout_Mask_Replica)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2001, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-colors/74533/40 "2001-08-02T14:04:00Z")
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