School colors, also known as university colors or college colors, are the colors chosen by a school, academy, college, university or institute as part of its brand identity, used on building signage, web pages, branded apparel, and the uniforms of sports teams. They can promote connection to the school, known as "school spirit", and help differentiate it from other institutions.
The UCLA marching band dressed in the school's "True Blue" and gold colors in 2010
Princeton University's store, featuring the school's orange and black colors
Nippon Sport Science University Rugby Football Club players wearing their light and dark blue colors
Edge Hill University's academic colors of heliotrope (purple), gold, and green seen on the hood of honorary graduate Sue Smith
Palatinate or palatinate purple is a purple colour associated with Durham University and the County and City of Durham. The term has been used to refer to a number of different shades of purple. The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as a "light purple or lavender colour", which is used for Durham academic hoods. For corporate purposes Durham University uses a darker shade.
The Durham BSc hood, "Palatinate silk, bound with white fur, and with a scarlet band half-an-inch wide next to the fur".
Durham University cricketers wearing palatinate kit for a Twenty20 match against Northumbria University at The Racecourse.
Durham Cathedral choir in their palatinate purple robes at Durham railway station
