True Blue (color)

UCLA Marching Band added True Blue to its uniforms in 2007.
True Blue
 
    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #0073CF
sRGBB  (r, g, b) (0, 115, 207)
HSV       (h, s, v) (207°, 100%, 81.2%)
Source [1]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

True Blue is a tone of blue deeper than powder blue and lighter than royal blue that was developed by the UCLA Athletic Department and Adidas to be the color for all of UCLA's athletic teams starting in the 2003–2004 school year.[2][3][4][5] Previously, the football team had worn powder blue while the basketball team wore royal blue and fan merchandise spanned many shades of blue.[6] The UCLA Marching Band incorporated True Blue into its previous navy blue uniforms in 2007.[6]

True Blue used by UCLA Athletics is different from UCLA Blue adopted by the school's academic and administrative units.[7] Distinguishing between academic and institutional graphic identities is common at major universities.[8]

True Blue is Pantone Matching System color 285 C, which is 0073CF in hex.[1] The color True Blue is a deep tone of azure.

The color of the frame holding the Victory Bell is painted True Blue when UCLA is in possession of the bell after a football victory over the USC Trojans.[9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "UCLA's Official Colors". Associated Students of UCLA (ASUCLA). October 16, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  2. ↑ Foxman, Adam (August 25, 2003). "In with the TRUE blue". The Daily Bruin. Archived from the original on January 31, 2011. Retrieved January 31, 2011. In fall of 2003, all of UCLA’s 22 varsity athletic teams will be “True Blue” for the first time.
  3. ↑ Maisel, Ivan (August 18, 2008). "Book excerpt: Why USC-UCLA is the most overrated rivalry". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on October 14, 2011. The team that wins the Victory Bell paints it the appropriate color: UCLA's "true blue" or USC's cardinal.
  4. ↑ Rose, Adam (August 27, 2008). "Wear blue, thank you". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 3, 2008. Even if you don't wear the "official" game day shirt (we all know the well-loved, 10-year-old shirt is best anyway), just make sure to wear True Blue ... or Powder Blue, for you traditionalists.
  5. ↑ "A Blue & Red Rivalry". Daily News. Los Angeles. Retrieved November 4, 2012. In 2003, the shade was darkened slightly to "true blue."(subscription required)
  6. 1 2 Davis, Mark (January 1, 2008). "Clothes Make the Band". UCLA Magazine. Archived from the original on January 31, 2011. Retrieved January 31, 2011. Following years of uncertain color chaos and confusion, years in which Bruinwear of all sorts and stripes exploded in a cyan anarchy of powdered to royal to pilfered blues (not to mention the infamously brief experiment of black basketball uniforms), the campus finally settled on one true Bruin blue in 2004
  7. ↑ "Graphic Standards Manual". UCLA. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 31, 2011. Retrieved January 31, 2011. For the purposes of uniforms and sportswear (primarily textiles), UCLA Athletics has adopted different color specifications. line feed character in |quote= at position 93 (help)
  8. ↑ "What's Happening to the UCLA Athletic Script Logo?". UCLA. 2005. Archived from the original on January 31, 2011. Retrieved January 31, 2011. But the new graphic identity system distinguishes between athletic and institutional logos - a distinction that's common at major universities.
  9. ↑ Maisel, Ivan (October 7, 2014). "Book excerpt: Why USC-UCLA is the most overrated rivalry". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
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