Shades of Blue Blood

[DALTX]

For those of us wondering what shade of blue we should be bleeding ...

A fifteen year old article (http://advance.uconn.edu/2000/000313/000313hs.htm) ties UConn Blue with National Flag Blue, equates it with Pantone Matching System (PMS) 289, yet also suggests PMS 281 for the visual identity program (since PMS 289 is "too dark" in some printing).

National Flag blue (or "Old Glory Blue") is PMS 281 (or sometimes PMS 282?) according to numerous sources (https://www.pantone.com/pages/myp_mypantone/myppalettedetail.aspx?p_id=75&p_type=p_detail or http://www.usflag.org/flagspecs.html or http://london.usembassy.gov/rcflags.html or http://doc.rero.ch/record/32076/files/LOC2012_ITR1201_Flags_Manual_Supplement.pdf).

Further, according to a Texas statute, the Texas flag has the same blue as the US flag, which is specifically called out to be PMS 281 (http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/GV/htm/GV.3100.htm).

However, the current brand standard for UConn shows that UConn Blue is PMS 289 (Navy Blue) for UConn Athletics (http://brand.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1060/2015/01/UCONN-Color-Guidelines1.pdf).

Blues not to bleed: PMS 286 (Kentucky, SMU), PMS 287 (Duke, Florida), PMS 280 (Memphis), UCLA blue (apparently they have their own), PMS 293 (Kansas), PMS 542 (North Carolina)

 

[nomar]

 

[uconnfan68]

Further, according to a Texas statute, the Texas flag has the same blue as the US flag, which is specifically called out to be PMS 281 (http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/GV/htm/GV.3100.htm).

What happens when Texas secedes?

 

[ctchamps]

Too much PMS for me!

 

[intlzncster]

"Pantone Matching System"

Was this a misspelling of Pantoni?

 

[Ts5034]

I dont know if its just me, but it seems like they used a darker shade of blue during the 90's. If you watch games from that time period, it looks like the shade of blue that was painted on the floor at Gampel and the Civic Center was something like the PMS 2767.

 

[Goat]

Where is Procol Harum when you need a song?

 

[Fishy]

The darker shade of blue is 289.

They did use national flag blue (281), but I think that's over with and we're back to straight navy blue. (NF blue is sorta ugly compared to navy.)

Navy Blue, Opaque White and plain old grey.

For athletics, they also use red and a slightly lighter shade of gray. (UConn...two shades of gray. The other 48 are inappropriate.)

If you ever want to paint something in your house UConn blue, it's Pittsburgh Paint's Ceramic Blue. (I was set to paint a new room in the basement in UConn colors before the wife stepped in and said no. Got the idea when I saw someone painting on campus last year - asked what color and he showed me. )

 

[uconnfan68]

The darker shade of blue is 289.

They did use national flag blue (281), but I think that's over with and we're back to straight navy blue. (NF blue is sorta ugly compared to navy.)

Navy Blue, Opaque White and plain old grey.

For athletics, they also use red and a slightly lighter shade of gray. (UConn...two shades of gray. The other 48 are inappropriate.)

If you ever want to paint something in your house UConn blue, it's Pittsburgh Paint's Ceramic Blue. (I was set to paint a new room in the basement in UConn colors before the wife stepped in and said no. Got the idea when I saw someone painting on campus last year - asked what color and he showed me. )

And you're keeping her?

 

[HarryAGampel]

This is the most inconsequential irrelevant information that I'm completely fascinated by

 

[joober jones]

Too much PMS for me!

I sense some mojo in that.

 

[Kitaman]

Well I'm too lazy to research so until our resident expert weighs in I'm tuning out this thread: