National and team colours
Colours that stand for a country, a movement, a regiment or a team.
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Saffron
A yellow-orange shade named after the colour of saffron crocus threadsNamed shade · 🇮🇳 India +1
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Bleu de France
A vivid blue long linked with France and its national identityNamed shade · 🇫🇷 France
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Rosso corsa
The deep red that marks Italian racing cars and teamsNational or team colour · 🇮🇹 Italy
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Savoy blueblu Savoia
A bright blue between peacock blue and periwinkle, a symbol of Italy since the Middle AgesNamed shade · 🇮🇹 Italy
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Stanford Cardinal Red
A deep red colour used by Stanford University in its identity and sportsNamed shade · 🇺🇸 United States
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Tufts Blue
A clear blue used as the official colour of Tufts UniversityNational or team colour · 🇺🇸 United States
Green
Vert
The heraldic name for green, seen on coats of arms and many national flagsHeraldic colour · 🇧🇷 Brazil +4
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Feldgrau
A green-grey shade long used for military uniforms in Germany and beyondNamed shade · 🇩🇪 Germany +5
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UCLA Blue
A clear blue shade worn by UCLA's teams and tied to the Pacific coastNamed shade · 🇺🇸 United States
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Air Force blue
A medium blue-green shade linked to air force uniforms and flagsNamed shade · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom +3
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Mexican pinkrosa mexicano
A vivid purplish pink seen throughout Mexican art and traditionNamed shade · 🇲🇽 Mexico
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Cambridge Blue
A spring green shade worn by University of Cambridge sports teamsNamed shade
Blue
National colours of Ukraine
Blue and gold as the colours of Ukraine’s flag, arms and national teamsNational or team colour · 🇺🇦 Ukraine
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Horizon blue
A blue-grey shade famous for French army uniforms in World War INamed shade · 🇫🇷 France
Brown
Caramelo
A caramel-coloured mongrel dog, seen as a symbol of Brazil and MexicoNamed shade · 🇧🇷 Brazil +4
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Duke blue
A deep blue shade linked to Duke University’s identity and traditionNamed shade
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Palatinate
A purple shade long tied to Durham University and its traditionsNamed shade
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U of T Blue
A deep navy blue used by the University of Toronto since its foundingNamed shade · 🇨🇦 Canada
Black
National colours of New Zealand
Black, white or silver, and red ochre as New Zealand’s national coloursNational or team colour · 🇳🇿 New Zealand
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Crimson (UA)
A deep red used by the University of Alabama and its teamsNamed shade · 🇺🇸 United States
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MSU green
A dark green chosen as the official colour of Michigan State UniversityNamed shade
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Pakistan green
A deep green shade taken from the flag of PakistanNamed shade · 🇵🇰 Pakistan
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Bleu de France: Lars-Göran Lindgren Sweden, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mexican pink: Mark Mitchell, CC BY 2.0, source
- Palatinate: AlexD, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rosso corsa: Matthew Lamb, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- UCLA Blue: mark6mauno, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Tufts Blue: HereToHelp, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Vert: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Air Force blue: Mick, CC BY 2.0, source
- Savoy blue: El Gráfico, Public domain, source
- National colours of New Zealand: Mehdi Nazarinia, GFDL 1.2, source
- Stanford Cardinal Red: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- National colours of Ukraine: Dobrych, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Horizon blue: Paul Castelnau, Public domain, source
- Caramelo: Alessandro Martins, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- U of T Blue: DoubleBlue, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Saffron: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Feldgrau: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source