# What were your high school's colors? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 6, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643 "2017-09-06T14:41:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/1 "2017-09-06T14:41:03Z")
Black and gold. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/2 "2017-09-06T14:41:29Z")
Green and white. We were the Mustangs. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/3 "2017-09-06T14:47:57Z")
Blue and Gold. The Indians (although that may change in these P.C. times, and the school seems to be using the name less often): [Athletics at Shady Side | Best School for Athletes in Pittsburgh](https://www.shadysideacademy.org/athletics) ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/4 "2017-09-06T14:48:41Z")
Purple and Gold ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/5 "2017-09-06T14:48:48Z")
Red and blue. The Richland Rams. Our marching band was in the parade at the end of _Slap Shot_. True. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/6 "2017-09-06T14:48:56Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > Black and gold. Yep, mine too (you didn’t happen to go to HS in Northeast Ohio?) ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/7 "2017-09-06T14:51:22Z")
The Falcons. Blue and Gold. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/8 "2017-09-06T14:51:44Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > Black and gold. > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Yep, mine too (you didn’t happen to go to HS in Northeast Ohio?) Same here. Not in Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/9 "2017-09-06T15:12:58Z")
Black and gold. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/10 "2017-09-06T15:18:21Z")
Green & gold, also the name of the school newspaper. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/11 "2017-09-06T15:18:58Z")
Blue and white. The Horsemen. [St. Michael’s High School](http://www.stmichaelssf.org/). And the girls’ teams were called…Lady Horsemen. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/12 "2017-09-06T15:21:40Z")
Maroon and orange (technically, burnt orange in the literature, but it wasnt as dark as what I think of as burnt orange.) ---
**Author:** ![Grumbacher\_Red](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Grumbacher\_Red](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumbacher_Red)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/13 "2017-09-06T15:24:29Z")
Black and Gold. We were the Vikings. My school later merged with our rivals, the blue and white Blue Devils and became the burgundy and gold Bobcats. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/14 "2017-09-06T15:28:37Z")
Red and white. Or possibly red and gold. I don’t really remember; the cheerleaders wore red and white so I’m going with that. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/15 "2017-09-06T15:29:01Z")
Blue and Orange. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/16 "2017-09-06T15:30:26Z")
Myrtle and gold - the Indians. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/17 "2017-09-06T15:30:49Z")
Blue and White. Go, Terriers ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/18 "2017-09-06T15:39:20Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Blue and Orange. :eek: As a Chicagoan, I find those appropriate colors for a football team. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/19 "2017-09-06T15:46:14Z")
“Northwestern purple” and white though everything was actually dark blue except for the ticket booth at the football field. Because reasons, I guess. I also remember the phone number: 639-DUCK. Substitute an F for the D if you’re feeling saucy. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/20 "2017-09-06T15:48:51Z")
Black & Red - the Knights. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643.md?page=2)