# 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:** 2
**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, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/21 "2017-09-06T15:50:03Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Blue and Orange. :eek: What’s wrong with blue and orange? That actually used to be one of my favorite color combinations (as long as it’s predominantly blue with orange accents. Maybe 80% blue to 20% orange at most). These days, it’d be more a deep blue and yellow-orange. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/22 "2017-09-06T15:51:38Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > 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. Red and White for my school. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/23 "2017-09-06T15:54:41Z")
Green and white. Go Kiotes!! And, yes, it was spelled that way. They’ve since merged sports teams with another town that was the Indians and now go by the Wildkats (yes, also spelled that way). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/24 "2017-09-06T15:58:44Z")
Freshman year: green & white. Sophomore year: black & gold. Junior & Senior years: red & white. We moved quite a bit during that period. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/25 "2017-09-06T15:59:17Z")
Black and orange. Go Tigers! ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/26 "2017-09-06T15:59:41Z")
Cardinal and white. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/27 "2017-09-06T16:10:45Z")
red and white (don’t ask what shade of red; I’m a guy!) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/28 "2017-09-06T16:13:05Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Myrtle and gold - the Indians. Myrtle - that’s a new color for me! Ours were blue and white. Go Hawklets! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/29 "2017-09-06T16:16:12Z")
Red and Gold. We were the Flames. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/30 "2017-09-06T16:18:29Z")
Blue and gold. Northeast Ohio. We were the Blue Devils, which made a few Pentecostals and Jehovah’s Witnesses uneasy, but fuck 'em. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/31 "2017-09-06T16:20:08Z")
Purple and gold. Go Thunderbirds! The crosstown rivals are purple and white. Still their politically-incorrect native-American mascot and all. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/32 "2017-09-06T16:22:02Z")
Public high school was garnet and gray. Private school didn’t have any colors. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/33 "2017-09-06T16:23:04Z")
Am I the only one who doesn’t remember? Class of '76, I remember that much. The vast majority of my classmates were not big school supporters. We barely had a football team, and finished most seasons with zero wins. Attendance was poor at after school events. Academically we were a joke. I graduated third in my class without exerting any effort. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/34 "2017-09-06T16:24:07Z")
Kelly Green and white (migrating to gold). Morgan Raiders. Sometime after I graduated, they merged with another town and became the Cedar Mountain Cougars (and it looks like the colors are now blue and white). ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/35 "2017-09-06T16:27:42Z")
South High Tigers, orange and black. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/36 "2017-09-06T16:31:32Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > South High Tigers, orange and black. Mine was South High Spartans, in green and white. Our rivals called us The Green Weenies. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/37 "2017-09-06T16:34:17Z")
Red and Blue: the Elwood Panthers. We almost never won a game. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/38 "2017-09-06T16:40:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Red and Blue: the Elwood Panthers. We almost never won a game. Yeah, but you guys make some really good ketchup! ---
**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:** [September 6, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/39 "2017-09-06T16:44:21Z")
Red and Gray ---
**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, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/40 "2017-09-06T16:54:32Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Myrtle - that’s a new color for me! Yeah - basically green. But the fight song said, “Be fearless and bold for the myrtle and the gold.” Kinda sad that I still know the lyrics nigh 40 yrs later. :o [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643.md?page=3)