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When did our colors change from Burnt Orange to Clemson
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When did our colors change from Burnt Orange to Clemson


Oct 7, 2011, 4:48 PM

orange?

Just curious.

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Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 1:34 PM.***


Oct 7, 2011, 4:50 PM



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How did I miss that announcement???***


Oct 7, 2011, 4:51 PM



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I dunno, I just found out today***


Oct 7, 2011, 4:50 PM



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When it became a good idea to have our own shade of


Oct 7, 2011, 4:51 PM

orange and to protect it.

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When I started Clemson in 2005, I learned the colors as


Oct 7, 2011, 4:51 PM

Burnt Orange and Northwest Purple, so that was news to me

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Learned something new. Regalia Purple and Clemson Orange...


Oct 7, 2011, 4:52 PM

How did I have it wrong all these years? LOL

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Re: When I started Clemson in 2005, I learned the colors as


Oct 7, 2011, 4:53 PM [ in reply to When I started Clemson in 2005, I learned the colors as ]

in the 6 year program i see. Nice

;)

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Haha nah, but I am still a student (Law School at USuC)***


Oct 7, 2011, 4:54 PM



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Re: Haha nah, but I am still a student (Law School at USuC)***


Oct 7, 2011, 4:55 PM

Life must be good for you right now. Maybe we can make up for the last two for ya.

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I think when the Tiger Paw was first used in 1970........


Oct 7, 2011, 4:55 PM

when Hootie Ingram took over from Frank Howard.

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I'm not that old though and I swear I've read the official


Oct 7, 2011, 4:57 PM

colors are burnt orange and northwest purple until I learned today that it has changed.

Pretty sure I read it in an old media guide about 10 years ago.

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Odds are they had those names but somebody else


Oct 7, 2011, 5:03 PM

wanted to register the names and told us to change since our shades weren't the same.

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It was as recently as 2004 at least . . . .


Oct 7, 2011, 5:24 PM [ in reply to I'm not that old though and I swear I've read the official ]

"As most probably know, Clemson's colors are burnt orange and northwestern purple."

http://www.clemsontigers.com/genrel/111704aac.html

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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."
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who really wants the word "Burnt" in our color anyway???


Oct 7, 2011, 5:08 PM

usually when you get BURNT its not a goos thing! Think about! By the sun or a lady, I never got burnt in a good way! LOL. GO CLEMSON ORANGE!!!!

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Good question - it was Burnt Orange and Northwest Purple


Oct 7, 2011, 5:22 PM

not that long ago.

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When they wanted to make money from "our" colors.***


Oct 7, 2011, 5:26 PM



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Re: When did our colors change from Burnt Orange to Clemson


Oct 7, 2011, 5:34 PM

Burnt orange is what Texas wears.Our orange has never been burnt orange.

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Really? So remember the uniform colors in 1901?***


Oct 7, 2011, 6:04 PM



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They switched from Home Depot to Lowes paint dept


Oct 7, 2011, 5:38 PM

Same shades, different names.

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Re: They switched from Home Depot to Lowes paint dept


Oct 7, 2011, 5:51 PM

For "the final, official word on colors" check

http://www.clemson.edu/campus-life/campus-services/creative-services/visual-guide/colors.html

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