Old Gold

Old Gold

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Old Gold is a dark yellow, which varies from light olive or olive brown to deep or strong yellow. The widely-accepted color "Old Gold" is on the darker rather than the lighter side of this range.

The first recorded use of "old gold" as a color name in English was in the early 1800s (exact year uncertain). [ Maerz and Paul, "A Dictionary of Color" (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1930), page 200, Color Sample of Old Gold, Page 51, Plate 14, Color Sample K5 ]

Old gold in human culture

Academics

* The academic dress regulations and colors for graduation ceremonies require that the distinctive official costume of each person be worn. An old gold cap, gown, hood, or tassel can represent a particular degree or diploma.
* In the U.S., old gold is widely used as one of the two color symbols for colleges and universities (notably Texas State University, Purdue University, East Tennessee State University, Georgia Tech, the University of Iowa, Vanderbilt University, the University of Tulsa, Wake Forest University, East Carolina University, Oakland University, Wofford College, and West Virginia University).
* Old gold as one the official colors of college fraternal organizations such as Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Gamma Rho, Acacia, Alpha Tau Omega, Delta Sigma Pi, Delta Upsilon, Kappa Alpha Order, Omega Psi Phi, Omega Tau Zeta, Phi Kappa Sigma,Phi Kappa Tau, Pi Kappa Alpha, Phi Rho Eta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and Sigma Chi.

Mining

In gold mining, gold of any size, found in an old streambed—ancient, tertiary, or otherwise—or parts thereof that have washed into the waterway, or gold found contained within hardpan would be considered "old gold."

ports

* Old gold is used for some NFL teams: the New Orleans Saints, the St. Louis Rams, and the San Francisco 49ers. The reason for its use by the Saints is that New Orleans is an old city with the heritage and architecture of regal Europe. The reason for its use by the 49ers is because the identification of San Francisco (indeed the very choice of the mascot name) with the California Gold Rush of 1849. The reason for its use by the Rams is because old gold is used in conjunction with navy blue; both colors are a darkened version of the team's traditional blue and gold scheme dating back to when the team was in Los Angeles.
*Old gold is also the official color of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets sports teams
* The home shirts worn by English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. are traditionally old gold in color.

References

See also

* List of colors

External links

* [http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:JbuMMbnBrRoJ:https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/academiclife/AcDressGradCertGradDip.pdf+%5B%2Bold+gold,+%2Btassel%5D,+free+dictionary&hl=en Academic Dress]


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