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LSU Colors
Posted on 8/22/12 at 8:23 am
Posted on 8/22/12 at 8:23 am
I am sure this has been discussed before, but when did LSU use yellow instaed of gold and why? I don't think of our colors resembling anything of a gold color.
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Posted on 8/22/12 at 8:25 am to Bayoufightingtiger
I have no idea when they started doing it, but I would imagine that it had to do with yellow looking better than gold on merchandise.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 8:58 am to Bayoufightingtiger
gold is not just gold. there is bright gold(our current golden rod color to be exact which some refer to as canary yellow), dull gold(old gold) and metallic gold(see saints).
Posted on 8/22/12 at 8:59 am to Bayoufightingtiger
When I went to LSU in the 50"s we were Purple & Gold. Don't know why they changed. I liked the old better. 
Posted on 8/22/12 at 9:21 am to Bayoufightingtiger
Trying not to look like Washington
Posted on 8/22/12 at 9:29 am to Bayoufightingtiger
LSU's gold is not canary yellow, which is lighter. It's more school bus yellow or Yellow Cab yellow.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 9:39 am to Bayoufightingtiger
I used to know this but I think they changed back in the early 70's when they introduced the helmets they currently wear now. The yellow has gotten lighter over the years.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 10:32 am to Bayoufightingtiger
Colors: Purple and Gold
There is some discrepancy in the origin of Royal Purple and Old Gold as LSU's official colors.
It is believed that those colors were worn for the first time by an LSU team in the spring of 1893 when the LSU baseball squad beat Tulane in the first intercollegiate contest played in any sport by Louisiana State University. Team captain E.B. Young reportedly hand-picked those colors for the LSU squad.
Later that year, the first football game was played. On November 25, 1893, football coach/chemistry professor Dr. Charles Coates and some of his players went into town to purchase ribbon to adorn their gray jerseys as they prepared to play the first LSU gridiron game.
Stores were stocking ribbons in the colors of Mardi Gras -- purple, gold and green. -- for the coming Carnival season. However, none of the green had yet arrived at Reymond's Store at the corner of Third and Main streets. Coates and quarterback Ruffin Pleasant bought up all of the purple and gold stock and made it into rosettes and badges.
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I've heard that the original ribbon colors were more yellow than gold. We all know that Mardi Gras gear comes in both the old "real" gold and the yellow gold. I'm thinking those first ribbons were more yellow than gold, so we stuck with them and that is where we are today.
I've also seen posts concerning the changing of the yellow's hue through the years, so it is definitely debatable.
There is some discrepancy in the origin of Royal Purple and Old Gold as LSU's official colors.
It is believed that those colors were worn for the first time by an LSU team in the spring of 1893 when the LSU baseball squad beat Tulane in the first intercollegiate contest played in any sport by Louisiana State University. Team captain E.B. Young reportedly hand-picked those colors for the LSU squad.
Later that year, the first football game was played. On November 25, 1893, football coach/chemistry professor Dr. Charles Coates and some of his players went into town to purchase ribbon to adorn their gray jerseys as they prepared to play the first LSU gridiron game.
Stores were stocking ribbons in the colors of Mardi Gras -- purple, gold and green. -- for the coming Carnival season. However, none of the green had yet arrived at Reymond's Store at the corner of Third and Main streets. Coates and quarterback Ruffin Pleasant bought up all of the purple and gold stock and made it into rosettes and badges.
LINK
I've heard that the original ribbon colors were more yellow than gold. We all know that Mardi Gras gear comes in both the old "real" gold and the yellow gold. I'm thinking those first ribbons were more yellow than gold, so we stuck with them and that is where we are today.
I've also seen posts concerning the changing of the yellow's hue through the years, so it is definitely debatable.
Posted on 8/22/12 at 10:36 am to Bayoufightingtiger
This is what I follow in my business if I am doing any LSU items for a licensed entity
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What people have posted regarding Mardi Gras is correct,;however, PMS color codes (exact shades/tones) did not exist at that time.
It was not until the late 50's- early 60's...
story..
Pantone began as a commercial printing company in the 1950s. In 1956, they hired recent Hofstra University graduate Lawrence Herbert as a part-time employee. Herbert used his chemistry knowledge to systematize and simplify the company's stock of pigments and production of colored inks; by 1962, Herbert was running the ink and printing division at a profit, while the commercial-display division was $50,000 in debt; he subsequently purchased the company's technological assets from his employers and renamed them "Pantone".
LINK
What people have posted regarding Mardi Gras is correct,;however, PMS color codes (exact shades/tones) did not exist at that time.
It was not until the late 50's- early 60's...
story..
Pantone began as a commercial printing company in the 1950s. In 1956, they hired recent Hofstra University graduate Lawrence Herbert as a part-time employee. Herbert used his chemistry knowledge to systematize and simplify the company's stock of pigments and production of colored inks; by 1962, Herbert was running the ink and printing division at a profit, while the commercial-display division was $50,000 in debt; he subsequently purchased the company's technological assets from his employers and renamed them "Pantone".
This post was edited on 8/22/12 at 10:41 am
Posted on 8/22/12 at 11:16 am to Bayoufightingtiger
quote:
when did LSU use yellow instaed of gold and why
According to HELMET HUT, LSU made the switch from "old gold" to "athletic gold" in 1956. My guess would be that maybe they wanted to differentiate themselves from other schools using "old gold" helmets like Navy, Army & Notre Dame. The "athletic gold" was a much more unique color in college FB among the big schools compared with the "old gold."
Here's an excerpt from Helmet Hut's website:
quote:
Dietzel entered his second season by introducing a new helmet design, putting his stamp on the Bengal program. The helmet was changed to a Green Bay gold...
It's highly plausible that Dietzel, or any other coach for that matter, would want to put a lasting mark on a program.
This post was edited on 8/22/12 at 11:19 am
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