# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/41 "2017-09-06T16:58:04Z")
Maroon and Gray. Every school I’ve attended, the colors have been close to that – Red and White, if not Maroon and Gray. This was true of my parochial grammar school, Junior High, Senior High, my Undergraduate school, and one of my graduate schools. Only one of my schools had different colors – my first grad school colors were blue and yellow. That should have tipped me off that it was the wrong choice. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/42 "2017-09-06T17:02:30Z")
Red, white, and black. The Falcons. A local school had the Ceramics. The Fightin’ Ceramics! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/43 "2017-09-06T17:17:33Z")
Red and white. The Chiefs. ---
**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, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/44 "2017-09-06T17:20:26Z")
> [@John\_Bredin](#): > > As a Chicagoan, I find those appropriate colors for a football team. 🆒 It was in the Bronx, so they were New York State (originally Dutch) colors. Same as the Mets. ---
**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, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/45 "2017-09-06T17:20:58Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > 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. I was actually surprised I remember. It just came to me when I saw the OP. We even had Jr. High School colors, (maroon and gold) Speaking of the class of 76, my brother graduated that year. Terrible red, white, and blue gowns for graduation. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/46 "2017-09-06T17:22:07Z")
Red and blue. Our team name was the WildKats. And yes, that’s how it was spelled. :o Incidentally, every visiting team’s band knew how to play our fight song, because it was surprisingly similar to (i.e., ripped off of) “On, Wisconsin!” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/47 "2017-09-06T17:27:33Z")
What’s that famous color? Black and Gold!! Panthers ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/48 "2017-09-06T17:29:39Z")
Blue and silver. Haven’t seen silver listed, so I had to include it. ---
**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, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/49 "2017-09-06T17:31:28Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Am I the only one who doesn’t remember? I was curious enough to ask Mister Google. Survey says, Red and White. Never would have guessed, for some reason I thought Blue and Gold. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/50 "2017-09-06T17:32:12Z")
Blue and gold. Go, Moors! ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/51 "2017-09-06T17:33:19Z")
Blue and white ---
**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, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/52 "2017-09-06T17:36:16Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Red, white, and black. The Falcons. > > A local school had the Ceramics. The Fightin’ Ceramics! [Crooksville?](http://www.crooksville.k12.oh.us/high-school/) ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/53 "2017-09-06T17:47:40Z")
Black and white. Not very imaginative, but damned easy to put a game day outfit together. As drill team manager, I was very glad I could wear black pants and not green or gold. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/54 "2017-09-06T17:52:28Z")
Wildcats, purple & white ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/55 "2017-09-06T17:55:25Z")
Red and black And what’s with all this “gold” business? It’s al just yellow 😛 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/56 "2017-09-06T17:56:46Z")
Hail \*\*\*blue \*\*\*and _ **white** _, Inspire us to right, Pioneer forever, Alma mater, hail! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/57 "2017-09-06T18:01:24Z")
I truly have no idea… maroon and yellow? :checks: Nope, blue and yellow. ---
**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, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/58 "2017-09-06T18:02:33Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > Incidentally, every visiting team’s band knew how to play our fight song, because it was surprisingly similar to (i.e., ripped off of) “On, Wisconsin!” Our fight song was ‘On, Wisconsin’ with adjusted lyrics. I doubt that there are very many high schools with original compositions for their fight song. I know a major rival used the Notre Dame fight song, and I think the local HS here uses ‘Our Director’ as the melody. This saves the embarrassment of my undergraduate fight song, which consists mostly of an exhortation to fight and/or fight like men to show our fighting spirit. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/59 "2017-09-06T18:04:56Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [Crooksville?](http://www.crooksville.k12.oh.us/high-school/) Yep! ---
**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, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643/60 "2017-09-06T18:16:26Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > I doubt that there are very many high schools with original compositions for their fight song. Ours was original. _Hail Kimball High School Hats off to thee_ It may have been ‘Hats off to you’, I can’t remember. That’s all I can recall. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-high-schools-colors/795643.md?page=4)