page_title: University of North Alabama
section_title: School colors
hierarchical_section_title: University of North Alabama / Student life / School colors
caption_attribution_description: English: School Colors
context_page_description: The University of North Alabama is a public university in Florence, Alabama. It is the state's oldest four-year public university. Occupying a 130-acre campus in a residential section of Florence, UNA is located within a four-city area that also includes Tuscumbia, Sheffield and Muscle Shoals. The four cities compose a metropolitan area with a combined population of 140,000 people.
  The University of North Alabama was founded as LaGrange College in 1830. It was reestablished in 1872 as the first state-supported teachers college south of the Ohio River. A year later, it became one of the nation's first coeducational colleges.
context_section_description: Purple and gold are the school colors of the University of North Alabama.  While they are a ubiquitous sight on campus and especially at UNA athletic events, no one has ever ascertained who or what inspired their adoption. Little in the school archives accounts for the origin of these colors, according to Cecil Nabors, a UNA archivist and associate professor. All that is certain is that the 1912 yearbook, published the same year as inauguration of the football team, was named the "Purple and Gold."
  . While these colors have been associated with the university for almost a century or even longer, no one ever has determined who or what inspired them.]]
caption: ROTC members display purple and gold flags at Braly Municipal Stadium
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