Sports teams' colors. Why do they call it "Gold"?

[BlancoNino]

When it's clearly yellow?

I hear some guys on ESPN referring to USC's color as "gold". When I was in highschool, our colors were purple and "gold" (nothing like the gold that UW has), but it was clearly yellow.

Discuss.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

because yellow is bright and ugly, gold is more orange and gold means value, brilliance, luster, etc.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

That said...

:music:
Our banner Gold and Blue
The symbol on it too
Means Fight! for California
For California through and through.
:music:

 

[BlancoNino]

Originally posted by: DLeRium
That said...

:music:
Our banner Gold and Blue
The symbol on it too
Means Fight! for California
For California through and through.
:music:

And the color is clearly yellow. When I think of Gold...I think of Washington/UCLA's helmets...that's gold.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: DLeRium
That said...

:music:
Our banner Gold and Blue
The symbol on it too
Means Fight! for California
For California through and through.
:music:

Where's the part about getting your teeth kicked in by UT? 🙂

 

[Rock Hydra]

Probably cause gold is easy.

I know in high school, they used basic easy to understand colors. White, red, blue, black, gold, green, etc.

 

[Savij]

The school colors are gold and whatever but getting gold colored clothing is difficult/expensive.

 

[Injury]

I'm certain it would be gold if it were cheaper to color everything related to the school gold.



That, and yellow is a color associated with cowardice.

 

[kalster]

oregon ducks have the best uniform in the country by far 😉

 

[BlancoNino]

Originally posted by: kalster
oregon ducks have the best uniform in the country by far 😉

oh my god. Forest Green, Lemon Yellow, and Black do not go together...

 

[BDawg]

I'm a Wake Forest alum. Our colors have always been Old Gold and Black. The colors on the uniform (except for a nasty yellow period in the 80s) have been Old Gold and Black.

 

[sash1]

Originally posted by: BDawg
I'm a Wake Forest alum. Our colors have always been Old Gold and Black. The colors on the uniform (except for a nasty yellow period in the 80s) have been Old Gold and Black.

w00t Wake Alum!! see sig, I'm a sophomore. Gold and Black ftw

 

[rambow]

Maize FTW

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: Feldenak

Originally posted by: DLeRium
That said...

:music:
Our banner Gold and Blue
The symbol on it too
Means Fight! for California
For California through and through.
:music:

Where's the part about getting your teeth kicked in by UT? 🙂

Yeah...academically too!

 

[Slickone]

I used to ask this question all the time when I was a kid playing football and I was told our colors were blue and gold (Chargers). I still wonder why. LOL. It's yellow damnit.
yellow
yellow
gold

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: Feldenak

Originally posted by: DLeRium
That said...

:music:
Our banner Gold and Blue
The symbol on it too
Means Fight! for California
For California through and through.
:music:

Where's the part about getting your teeth kicked in by UT? 🙂

🙂

 

[BornStar]

Originally posted by: BDawg
I'm a Wake Forest alum. Our colors have always been Old Gold and Black. The colors on the uniform (except for a nasty yellow period in the 80s) have been Old Gold and Black.

Pssh. The only true Old Gold and Black is Purdue.

 

[her209]

Also, its not red... its cardinal.

 

[potato28]

Gold only comes in 18k and 24k... no "old gold".

 

[Oil]

I BLEED purple and gold

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: potato28
Gold only comes in 18k and 24k... no "old gold".

What about 14k, 22k, and so forth?

 

[spidey07]

Given that gold was used as reward and a sign of success and dominance in the mayan era/influence where many north american sports come from it is no suprise that gold is used in so many north american sports.

I could be way off base, but that would be my guess.

 

[xrax]

Originally posted by: BornStar18

Originally posted by: BDawg
I'm a Wake Forest alum. Our colors have always been Old Gold and Black. The colors on the uniform (except for a nasty yellow period in the 80s) have been Old Gold and Black.

Pssh. The only true Old Gold and Black is Purdue.

Purdue alumnus here. They don't wear the old gold anymore. Old gold has a greenish hue to it. They wear what is called vegas gold. WF's football pants look more like the vegas gold.

 

[vi edit]

Gold has a more powerful connotation to it than yellow.

Gold is heavy, valued, sparkly....

Yellow is as mentioned, the color of cowards.

Symantics 🙂

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: xrax

Originally posted by: BornStar18

Originally posted by: BDawg
I'm a Wake Forest alum. Our colors have always been Old Gold and Black. The colors on the uniform (except for a nasty yellow period in the 80s) have been Old Gold and Black.

Pssh. The only true Old Gold and Black is Purdue.

Purdue alumnus here. They don't wear the old gold anymore. Old gold has a greenish hue to it. They wear what is called vegas gold. WF's football pants look more like the vegas gold.

Go Pete. I used to hate it when that mofo and the band would march right past my area. Now I revere it.

There he was with his hammar. Tromping through the street next to my dorm at wiley. That SOB, didn't he realize people were trying to sleep? And the train. Always the train.

😉