Princeton orange

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English

Etymology

From Princeton University, which uses the colour.

Noun

Princeton orange

  1. A vivid orange colour.
    Princeton orange:  
    • 2017 March 12, John Feinstein, “Ivy League plays a basketball tournament, and it's almost worth the 60-year wait”, in The Washington Post:
      He even looks exactly the way a Princeton coach should look: perfectly tailored suit, white shirt, Princeton orange-and-black tie.
    • 2018 July 12, Alec Etheredge, “Sports mind: Carson Bobo combines brains and sports”, in The Shelby County Reporter:
      Having gone from 170 pounds back then up to 235 pounds less than a month after graduating, Bobo will be suiting up in Princeton orange and black as a tight end for the Tigers during the 2018 football season.
    • 2019 June 7, Maha Al Fahim, “The power of orange”, in The Daily Princetonian:
      The standard Princeton Orange, Pantone 158, was created in 1959. The original cloth inspiring the shade is kept in archives for historical reference.
    • 2019 November 22, James Morrison, “Penn-Princeton Game to See Massive Turnout, Might Fill One Row of Student Section”, in Under The Button:
      I’m very proud to be a Quaker, but I’d be even more proud if I could sport that classic Princeton orange. Red and blue really don’t do me any favors.
    • 2019 December 26, Brenden Ploen, “Durango High’s Madeleine Burns to run at Princeton”, in The Durango Herald, archived from the original on 27 December 2019:
      With a future in Princeton orange and black soon to come to fruition, Burns still has one more season in DHS Demons’ red. She is training hard for her final season of track and field, and will compete in indoor events before she prepares to defend her 3,200 crown in the spring.

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