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====== Colors ======
The colors of Trinity College are Old Gold and Dark Blue, but the first colors of the College, originally known as [[washington_college|Washington College]], were dark green and white. The first recorded use of the "old Washington College Colors," was by the Washington College Archers (formerly the [[phalanx|Phalanx]]), a student military drill team that dressed in uniforms with green turbans and frocks and white trousers. Trinity adopted the colors in 1868 for use on [[athletics|athletic]] uniforms.


In 1883, the students felt that new colors should be adopted for the [[summit_campus|new campus]]. 
The tennis team was the first to officially sport the new college colors: "old gold and dark blue." The Harvard //Lampoon// described these colors as "Blue and Mustard" in 1884 as an insult to Trinity, who had lost against them at football.  

The October 27, 1883 //[[tablet|Trinity Tablet]]// includes an article about the change: 

//"The College colors, as changed from green and white to dark blue and old gold, were first used in forming a distinctive dress by the Trinity players in the intercollegiate tennis tournament. The effect was very good. The colors go well together, and the caps and jerseys of alternate stripes of blue and gold were very becoming. When the change was first suggested it met with some opposition, since the old colors had long been in use and were surrounded by many pleasant recollections; but now we think all are pleased with the change, and will admit that the new colors have many advantages over the old." 
//

Old Gold and Dark Blue have persisted as Trinity's colors to this day, and the Trinity College Office of Communications has a Branding Standards pamphlet instructing the exact color codes to use in print or digitally. 

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===== Sources =====

[[https://www.trincoll.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/TrinityVisualStyleGuide_january2019.pdf|Trinity College Brand Standards]] (2019) by the Trinity College Office of Communications.

[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/2/|Trinity College in the Twentieth Century]] (2000) by Peter and Anne Knapp, p. 29.

[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/4/|History of Trinity College]] (1967) by Glenn Weaver, pp. 54, 211.


[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tablets/245/|Trinity Tablet]] (10/27/1883).


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