re: When does LSU wear the yellow jerseys?

Or yellow.

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the outfits

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225Tyga

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That was the bonus question. My boys constantly correct my wife when she trots that one out.

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That was the bonus question. My boys constantly correct my wife when she trots that one out.

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Yeah we wear uniforms but you aggies do wear outfits, shes partially right

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Which is somewhere between lemon peel and light California gold.

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Also known as yellow

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Gold. Our colors are fricking purple and gold.

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I did a quick search for "LSU yellow jerseys". Lots of pictures like this, so I think most of the world must think of them as yellow.



I also found this thread, so clearly this is a topic that has been raised on this board before. Looks like your own people seem to think these are yellow.

Real pictures of the team in yellow jerseys?

Use to be old gold

I liked them, pretty sure this is what the originals looked like.

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your normal jerseys are 100% yellow fam

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Since when

For those whose knowledge of color derives from what they learned off of Crayola labels in kindergarten, there is a distinct reason why what a five year-old knows as "yellow" is constantly and almost without fail referred to as "gold" in terms of athletic (and national) color schemes.

It goes back to the days of heraldry, particularly shield design. One of the most important aspects of heraldry were the tinctures, or colors used. These were further broken down into 3 categories: colours, metals, and stains. Five colours have been recognized since the earliest days of heraldry. These are: gules, or red; sable, or black; azure, or blue; vert, or green; and purpure, or purple. The metals are or and argent, representing gold and silver, respectively, although in practice they are often depicted as yellow and white. There were also two stains acknowledged by most heraldic authorities: sanguine or murrey, a dark red or mulberry color, and tenné, an orange or dark yellow to brownish color.

Just as knights and houses in medieval times selected color schemes according to heraldic rules and codes, so later did cities, schools and universities (Cambridge and Oxford, for example). The tradition carried on to American universities, often even prior to the start of intercollegiate athletics, but certainly accelerated by the start of school sports.

In this regard, what we commonly call "yellow" was almost ALWAYS described using the heraldic term of "gold". This is because school, city and even national colors (for flags) were traditionally developed in a heraldic fashion (LSU's colors notwithstanding according to lore). But what we now call 'yellow' was also referred to as 'gold' because various negative connotations have arisen with the color name 'yellow'. During the Post-Classical period, yellow (not metallic gold) became firmly established as the color of Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus Christ, even though the Bible never describes his clothing. But more importantly, in the 18th century, the term "yellow" as in "yellow belly" came to be associated with cowardice. "Gold" on the other hand, has always had a rather positive connotation.

Thus, while using the actual Crayola color everyone considers yellow, essentially every university, pro sports team, and NATION (in their national flag and/or coat of arms) calls it GOLD.

Over the last century, in order to differentiate between metallic gold and 'heraldic gold', terms have come into use: old gold, metallic gold, or a the new lighter shade, 'Vegas Gold' for the metal 'gold' Crayola color, and often you will hear "athletic gold" used to describe teams who wear a variation of yellow.