Talk:List of U.S. state colors

message: Does anyone know what "colonial blue" looks like?  --Mr. Lefty Talk to me! 01:21, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Colonial blue

message: With the colors in each state shown on a US map. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cardboard boxA (talk • contribs) 22:28, 10 October 2006
:More than seven years since the original post, but it actually seems like a good idea. I might make such a map sometime. SiBr4 (talk) 20:46, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I've uploaded and added the map I made last year. SiBr4 (talk) 10:58, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Updated the map to match recent revisions! TheTaraStark (talk) 21:50, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: A map should be made

message: Connecticut is missing from the list.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.42.236.245 (talk) 17:58, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Connecticut is missing! 

message: It says in the "names" that the colors and Red and White, as stated in the citation.  However, the colors pictured are red and green.  Is green another color, or should it just show white there? --76.211.231.174 (talk) 01:42, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Honestly, the citation is dubious - it's a coloring book page. I have searched and have found zero legislation designating official colors (aside from use of the word "colors" to refer to the state flag, a common misinterpretation). For now I've marked them as unofficial, but I'm tempted to delete if no one can find any citations of wide unofficial adoption/use. TheTaraStark (talk) 19:12, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: More troubling still, the coloring book page specifically says "we don't have an official state flower, so until then, this is the state flower." It's asserting authority it doesn't have in a vacuum and is demonstrating itself to be an unreliable source. TheTaraStark (talk) 21:47, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Alabama's colors have been removed until such time a reliable source is found/cited. Map should be updated soon. TheTaraStark (talk) 20:53, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alabama's Colors

message: In 2003 brown and yellow were officially proposed as state colors of Wyoming.[1] The bill does not appear to have passed though. Should these colors be added to the article (perhaps as a new section)? SiBr4 (talk) 20:55, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed colors 

message: I've added Minnesota to the list of proposed state colors but I don't know how to edit the map on the upper right side of the page. If anyone knows how please do so. 
http://www.twincities.com/2016/04/23/purple-as-the-official-state-color-prince-would-approve/  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Itsnotme549 (talk • contribs) 00:36, 24 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. SiBr4 (talk) 10:37, 24 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minnesota 

message: What do the state colors resemble? MinecraftKitty (talk) 22:54, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  State Colors 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: According to New Jersey Legislature, and partly corroborated by the state's official site, the state colors (as on the flag) are buff and Jersey blue, not just "normal" blue; does anyone know what exactly Jersey blue looks like? Different renditions of the flag use different blues, and the flag on the Legislature site uses two different blues by itself. —Ayuskoto (talk) 23:17, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Found sources and updated accordingly! TheTaraStark (talk) 20:47, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jersey blue 

message: Is there a source for Tennessee’s “unofficial” state colors? Only I’m not finding anything on Google but sports teams and stuff about the flag, and if we’re counting unofficial colors there should at least be some evidence that it’s widely-used as such, shouldn’t there?67.142.100.83 (talk) 18:19, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Several entries in this list have defaulted to flag colors or school colors, but those do not make them "official" colors. Going to remove shortly. TheTaraStark (talk) 18:45, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tennessee colors 

message: Crayola made similar crayon names for all 50 states and US landmarks to fill a box, and there's absolutely no citation of the color being widely embraced or used as a "state color" since then. If other arguments can be made for yellow/gold, I'm open to seeing some citations, otherwise, this feels dubious and worthy of demotion to "no known official colors." TheTaraStark (talk) 19:49, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Seeing no objection (and seeing the color has already been removed from the map), color has been removed. TheTaraStark (talk) 20:56, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bee-Utah-Ful 

message: An edit was recently made removing Delaware's "dubious" status because there was no talk topic, so here it is.
The edit added a reference to StateSymbolsUsa.org (which has provided erroneous info with no citations in multiple instances), alleging it shows Delaware's colors in law. It does not actually contain those sources.
The edit did provide an updated link for the government webpage citation, which I am grateful for, and will be retaining. However, that government site did not and still does not cite any legislation or code making those colors official, despite providing specific parts of Delaware code for nearly every other official state symbol designation.
My hypothesis was (and remains) that this is a case of "state colors" (a common name for a state flag) geting misinterpreted as "official colors of a state". I'd love to see some official legislation or code proving that wrong so we can get this thing firmed up. TheTaraStark (talk) 04:45, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Looking at the actual law of Delaware, Title 29, Chapter 3, Section 306, the state colors are clearly defined right below the state flag as a separate entity. Note the phrasing of the law using "Official state flag" and "official state colors" in two different contexts.  ThatVillagerGuy (talk) 04:53, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Good catch! Weird that it's buried in the State Flag code without its own designation, but it's there in the text. Removed factual/dubious tags and made sure to cite code directly, in addition to the more readable website that wasn't as clear. Thank you! TheTaraStark (talk) 14:19, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Delaware Colors