Old gold is a dark
yellow
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, which varies from light
olive
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or olive
brown
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to deep or strong yellow, generally on the darker side of this range.
The first recorded use of ''old gold'' as a color name in English was in the early 19th century (exact year uncertain).
[Maerz and Paul, ''A Dictionary of Color'' (New York: ]McGraw-Hill
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, 1930), page 200, Color Sample of Old Gold, Page 51, Plate 14, Color Sample K5
In culture
Politics
*Old gold is used as a
political color
Political colours are colours used to represent a political ideology, movement or party, either officially or unofficially. It is the intersection of colour symbolism and political symbolism.
Parties in different countries with similar ideolo ...
by
Mebyon Kernow
Mebyon Kernow – The Party for Cornwall (, MK; Cornish for ''Sons of Cornwall'') is a Cornish nationalist, centre-left political party in Cornwall, in southwestern Britain. It currently has five elected councillors on Cornwall Council, and s ...
, a
Cornish nationalist party. The color is derived from
Cornish kilts and tartans
Cornish kilts and tartans are thought to be a modern tradition started in the early to mid 20th century. The first modern kilt was plain black, and other patterns followed. It is documented that a garment known as a ''bracca'' (a reddish checker ...
.
Sports
* Old gold is used for some
NFL
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teams: the
New Orleans Saints
The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans. The Saints compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. Since 1975, the te ...
and the
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners) are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The 49ers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league's National ...
. The reason for its use by the Saints is that
is an old city with the heritage and architecture of regal Europe. The reason for its use by the 49ers is the close identification of
San Francisco
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(indeed the very choice of the mascot name) with the
California Gold Rush
The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush that began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California fro ...
of 1849.
* The home shirts worn by English
football
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club
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (), commonly known as Wolves, is a professional football club based in Wolverhampton, England, which compete in the . The club has played at Molineux Stadium since moving from Dudley Road in 1889. The club's ...
are traditionally old gold in color.
* The primary colors of the University of Missouri Tigers, Purdue University Boilermakers, the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons, and the DePauw University Tigers are old gold and black.
* The primary colors of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are old gold and white.
See also
*
List of colors
These are the lists of colors;
* List of colors: A–F
* List of colors: G–M
* List of colors: N–Z
* List of colors (compact)
* List of colors by shade
* List of color palettes
* List of Crayola crayon colors
* List of RAL colors
* List ...
References
External links
Academic Dress
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Shades of yellow