UAB colors

The UAB colors are Forest Green and Gold.

In 1970 a committee was formed to survey student opinions about the university's colors and green and gold emerged as favorites, partly because they were dissimilar to the crimson and white used by the University of Alabama and the orange and blue used by Auburn University. Another influence may have been the green and gold colors used by the Ullman High School Wolfpack before the school was assimilated into the university that year. A report on the results of the survey was prepared and delivered to President Joseph Volker, but he evidently did nothing with it.

As commencement exercises approached in the spring of 1971 Volker telephoned teacher education professor Virginia Horns, who was overseeing the event plans, to check on her progress. He mentioned that it would be good to have some "brighter" colors than the browns and blacks that dominated the previous commencement at Boutwell Auditorium. When she asked what colors he would like to see, he responded, "I don't give a goddamn what colors we have just so long as there is some brightness in the flowers on the stage!". Horns had been involved in the student surveys, and she selected bright gold and green flowers.

By the time UAB began its intercollegiate athletic program in 1978 under Gene Bartow, the green and gold colors were already established and used, in varying shades, by the school's club teams. Consideration was given to dropping the gold color, which was hard to keep consistent in the manufacture of uniforms and equipment, but after consultation with Russell Athletic, an "old gold" shade was settled on.

For graphic consistency, the university usually uses green along with white and black, with gold only appearing occasionally as an accent color.

Color definitions

 

#1E6B52

• Forest Green
  • Pantone Matching System: PMS 3425
  • Hexadecimal encoding: 1E6B52
  • RGB values: 30, 107, 82
  • CMYK values: 89, 32, 84, 21

• Old Gold

 

#F4C300

• • Pantone Matching System: PMS 7406
  • Hexadecimal encoding: F4C300
  • RGB values: 244,195,0
  • CMYK values: 5, 22, 100, 0

References

• McWilliams, Tennant S. (2007) New Lights in the Valley: The Emergence of UAB. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press ISBN 0817315462

External links

• Colors at uab.edu/brand