Cardinal is a vivid
red, which may get its name from the
cassocks worn by
Catholiccardinals (although the color worn by cardinals is
scarlet). The cardinal bird also takes its name from the cardinal bishops.
The first recorded use of cardinal as a color name in
English was in the year 1698.[2]
Cardinal in other color systems
The corresponding
Pantone Matching System (PMS) color is 200, as seen in the school colors for Wisconsin, Arizona and Wesleyan, and as one of the two official colors of the
Phi Kappa Psi and
Alpha Sigma Phi fraternities and the only official color of the sorority
Alpha Omicron Pi. However, Stanford's, M.I.T's, and USC's PMS color is 201, while Carnegie Mellon and Worcester Polytechnic Institute use PMS 187, Brown University uses PMS 192, Iowa State University uses PMS 186, and
Ball State University uses PMS 199.
Cardinal is the official color of
Stanford University (although the athletic teams' official colors are cardinal and white, the university's athletic teams are called the
Cardinal).
Cardinal and grey are the official colors of
La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. It is reflective of the tinctures gules and argent in its coat of arms.
Cardinal is the official college color of
University College, Durham - a college of
Durham University in the
United Kingdom - and is usually worn as the primary color of the college's many sports teams and societies, such as the football team, the hockey team and the
boat club.
Cardinal and gold are the official colors of
Iowa State University, located in
Ames, Iowa. The school's mascot,
Cy, was chosen based on the school's main color, cardinal, since a cyclone mascot would have been difficult to design. A number of other universities use it as well.
Cardinal and white are the official colors of the
University of ArkansasRazorbacks. Prior to adoption of the Razorback as the mascot, the university's sports teams were known as the Cardinals.
Cardinal and black are the official colors of
Wesleyan University, and the school's athletic teams are called the Cardinals.
^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called cardinal in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color cardinal is displayed on page 33, Plate 5, Color Sample L5.
^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 192; Color Sample of Cardinal: Page 33 Plate 5 Color Sample L5
Cardinal is a vivid
red, which may get its name from the
cassocks worn by
Catholiccardinals (although the color worn by cardinals is
scarlet). The cardinal bird also takes its name from the cardinal bishops.
The first recorded use of cardinal as a color name in
English was in the year 1698.[2]
Cardinal in other color systems
The corresponding
Pantone Matching System (PMS) color is 200, as seen in the school colors for Wisconsin, Arizona and Wesleyan, and as one of the two official colors of the
Phi Kappa Psi and
Alpha Sigma Phi fraternities and the only official color of the sorority
Alpha Omicron Pi. However, Stanford's, M.I.T's, and USC's PMS color is 201, while Carnegie Mellon and Worcester Polytechnic Institute use PMS 187, Brown University uses PMS 192, Iowa State University uses PMS 186, and
Ball State University uses PMS 199.
Cardinal is the official color of
Stanford University (although the athletic teams' official colors are cardinal and white, the university's athletic teams are called the
Cardinal).
Cardinal and grey are the official colors of
La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. It is reflective of the tinctures gules and argent in its coat of arms.
Cardinal is the official college color of
University College, Durham - a college of
Durham University in the
United Kingdom - and is usually worn as the primary color of the college's many sports teams and societies, such as the football team, the hockey team and the
boat club.
Cardinal and gold are the official colors of
Iowa State University, located in
Ames, Iowa. The school's mascot,
Cy, was chosen based on the school's main color, cardinal, since a cyclone mascot would have been difficult to design. A number of other universities use it as well.
Cardinal and white are the official colors of the
University of ArkansasRazorbacks. Prior to adoption of the Razorback as the mascot, the university's sports teams were known as the Cardinals.
Cardinal and black are the official colors of
Wesleyan University, and the school's athletic teams are called the Cardinals.
^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called cardinal in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color cardinal is displayed on page 33, Plate 5, Color Sample L5.
^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 192; Color Sample of Cardinal: Page 33 Plate 5 Color Sample L5