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). [1]
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 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 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."
Sports
References
- ^ 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
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