West Virginia Symbols
West Virginia State Colors
Old Gold and Blue
Adopted on March 8, 1963.
Old gold and blue were designated as the official state colors by Senate Concurrent Resolution 20 adopted by the Legislature on March 5, 1963.
The state colors of West Virginia are blue and ''old gold.'' The state was without official colors until its centennial year, when these colors were adopted March 8, 1963, by a concurrent resolution of the Senate and House of Delegates.
West Virginia State Colors: Old gold and blue
Previously, in most instances
where a color scheme for the state was desired, West Virginia University's colors of old gold and blue had been used. The use
of the university's colors had become almost uniform throughout the state, and many people considered them the official state colors even before the
1963 legislative action. The colors, according to the widely used Pantone color matching system, are PMS286 (blue) and
PMS 124.
Note:
West Virginia University
My only complaint about the whole thing is that fans have taken the time to e-mail me and tell me that the school colors are blue and gold.
West Virginia's school colors aren't blue and gold, they are GOLD and BLUE - a valuable lesson I learned from the late Jack Fleming years ago.
By John Antonik for MSNsportsNET.com
September 20, 2002
West Virginia Legislature
State Colors
Old gold and blue were designated as the official state colors by Senate Concurrent Resolution 20 adopted by the Legislature on March 5, 1963.
