List of U.S. state colors

This is the official list of each state's colors.

Alabama

Alabama does not have known official state colors in law. However, they are often unofficially referred to as:
  White
  Crimson

Specifically they are same shades as those on its flag.

Alaska

Alaska does not have known official state colors.

Arizona

Arizona's official colors are:
  Blue ("the same shade as that of the flag of the United States")
  Old gold

They were adopted in 1915

Arkansas

Arkansas does not have known official state colors.

California

California's official colors are:
  Blue
  Gold

First used by the University of California, Berkeley in 1875, and officially adopted by the state in 1951, blue represents the sky and gold represents the California Gold Rush.

The colors are defined by several different standards in law:
International Commission on Illumination:
 Blue: Y 0.063 x 0.204 y 0.165
 Gold: Y 0.449 x 0.474 y 0.458
Munsell Renotation:
Blue: H V/C 7.3 PB 2.9/8.8
Gold: H V/C 2.0 Y 7.1/11.3
Munsell Book Notation:
Blue: H V/C 7.2 PB 2.9/9.1
Gold: H V/C 1 Y 7.3/11

References:
Color Association of the United States (Formerly Textile Color Card Association of New York, Inc.):
Blue: Yale Blue, cable number 70086, Standard Color Card of America, 9th edition.
Gold: Golden Yellow, cable number 65001, United States Army Card of Official Colors for Arms and Services.
ISCC–NBS system:
Yale Blue: Deep purplish blue.
Golden Yellow: Vivid yellow.

Colorado

Colorado does not have known official state colors.

Connecticut

Connecticut does not have known official state colors.

Delaware

Delaware's official colors are:
  Colonial blue
  Buff

Florida

Florida does not have known official state colors.

Georgia

Georgia does not have known official state colors.

Hawaii

Hawaii has an official color for each of its eight main islands:
  Red (Hawaii)
  Pink (Maui)
  Golden yellow (Oahu)
  Purple (Kauai)
  Green (Molokai)
  Orange (Lanai)
  White (Niihau)
  Gray (Kahoolawe)

Idaho

Idaho does not have known official state colors.

Illinois

Illinois does not have known official state colors.

Indiana

Indiana's official colors are:
  Blue
  Gold

Iowa

Iowa does not have known official state colors.

Kansas

Kansas does not have known official state colors.

Kentucky

Kentucky does not have known official state colors.

Louisiana

Louisiana's official colors are:
  Blue
  White
  Gold

Maine

Maine does not have known official state colors.

Maryland

Maryland's unofficial colors are:
  Red
  White
  Black
  Gold

The colors come from the state flag, which in turn uses the Baltimore and Crossland crests of the Calvert family. Maryland flag imagery (and in turn, the four colors of the flag, in varying shades) are used extensively in official government branding.

Massachusetts

Massachusetts's official colors are:
  Blue
  Green
  Cranberry

They were adopted in 2005.

Michigan

Michigan does not have known official state colors.

Minnesota

Minnesota proposed in 2016 to make its official color
  purple
in honor of the musician Prince; however, the motion did not succeed.

Mississippi

Mississippi does not have known official state colors.

Missouri

Missouri does not have known official state colors.

Montana

Montana does not have known official state colors.

Nebraska

Nebraska does not have known official state colors.

Nevada

Nevada's official colors are:
  Silver
  Blue

Blue stands for Lake Tahoe and the mountain bluebird, while silver stands for the granite of the Sierra Nevada and the silver country of northern Nevada.

New Hampshire

New Hampshire proposed in 2013 to make the colors
  Orange
  Red
  Yellow

its official state colors; however, the motion did not succeed.

New Jersey

New Jersey's official colors are:
  Jersey Blue
  Buff

Using the Cable color system developed by the Color Association of the United States, Jersey Blue was defined as Cable No. 70087; Buff was defined as Cable No. 65015. The Office of the Secretary of State of New Jersey gives the blue and buff color hexadecimal equivalents as #2484C6 and #E1B584, respectively.

New Mexico

New Mexico does not have known official state colors.

New York

New York does not have known official state colors in law, but does define specific shades in their official branding guide:
  Dark Blue
  Light Blue
  Gold

North Carolina

North Carolina's official colors are:
  Red
  Blue
Specifically, the same shades "appearing in the North Carolina State flag and the American flag."

North Dakota

North Dakota does not have known official state colors.

Ohio

Ohio does not have known official state colors in law, but does define specific shades in their official branding guide, inspired by the Flag of Ohio:
  Buckeye Blue
  Cardinal Red
  White

Oklahoma

Oklahoma's official colors are:
  Green
  White

Oregon

Oregon's official colors are:
  Navy blue
  Gold

They were adopted in 1959.

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania's unofficial colors are:
  Blue
  Gold

No legislation or official sources confirming Blue and Gold as Pennsylvania's official state colors are known to exist. However, some sources erroneously assume their official adoption due to their coincidental prominence on:
 the state license plate (blue and yellow/gold are common on many current and historical US state license plates regardless if they are state colors)
 the state flag (blue and gold are incidentally predominant colors on most blue/navy "seal on a bedsheet" US state flags, of which there are at least 21.)

They have been unofficially adopted by several non-state groups.

Rhode Island

Rhode Island has no known official state colors.

South Carolina

South Carolina's official color is:
  Indigo blue

It was adopted in 2008.

South Dakota

South Dakota does not have known official state colors.

Tennessee

Tennessee does not have known official state colors.

Texas

Texas does not have known official state colors.

Utah

Utah does not have known official state colors. However, Crayola designed a crayon for the state of Utah with the color yellow, as part of their state color collection. 
  Bee-Utah-Ful (Hex: #FFCC33)

Vermont

Vermont proposed in 2007 to make the colors
  Green
  Gold

its official state colors; however, the motion did not succeed.

Virginia

Virginia does not have known official state colors.

Washington

No official state colors are listed the state legislature's State Symbols webpage nor in Chapter 1.20 of the Revised Code of Washington (where other official symbols are designated). Some sources list dark green and gold/yellow, the two colors specified for the flag by law since 1925.

West Virginia

West Virginia's official colors are:
  Old gold
  Blue

They were adopted in 1963.

Wisconsin

Wisconsin does not have known official state colors.

Wyoming

Wyoming proposed in 2003 to make the colors
  Brown
  Yellow

its official state colors in honor of the University of Wyoming Cowboys 1980 football uniforms; however, the motion did not succeed.

References

External links

U.S. state colors
Colors