Hurrah! Hurrah! for dear old Brown and Blue!

Oct 27th, 2005 by Accidental Thinker

Quite unintentionally, the colors I chose for my new blog design remind me of my alma mater, Tufts University. I remember thinking back then, “Brown and blue? What an ugly combination!” Yet somehow I guess it grew on me, because look where I ended up. Except what I thought was blue here turns out to be, when I compare it to the Tufts website, actually much more purple. Now that I’m looking at it, I am wondering how I ever thought it was blue. It’s clearly purple. Or at least a very purplish tint of blue. Or vice versa. I’m not color blind, honest! Either way it doesn’t matter, because I really like it. But just to settle the matter once and for all, I’m taking a poll. Is it blue or is it purple?

The title of this post, incidentally, is a line from a Tufts song. I don’t remember any of the rest of the song except for the refrain:

“T-U-F-T-S, T-U-F-T-S, Hurrah! Hurrah! for dear old Brown and Blue!”

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10 Responses to “Hurrah! Hurrah! for dear old Brown and Blue!”

on 27 Oct 2005 at 8:28 am1Mike

I looks like #6E7399 to me.

Seriously, you’re right though, it is a purplish-blue. It will also display differently depending on the monitor.
on 27 Oct 2005 at 10:06 am2Chepin

At first I thought it was ‘Cornflower blue’, but now that you mention it, it DOES tend to bleed into the Mauve-ish. I’m not helping the argument, am I? BTW…I’m REALLY glad you have this new site…it isn’t tied to a ‘BLOG’ site, so the thought-police at work don’t censor my ability to view it! Yeah!!
on 27 Oct 2005 at 2:52 pm3Paul N.

I tried to answer 3 or 4 times, but kept changing my mind.

It’s blue. I think it matches the color of your eyes in that picture.

Maybe it’s the brown you can figure out…
on 27 Oct 2005 at 4:32 pm4FTS

I think it leans more to the purple side — and I had to take color-blindness tests as a stylist doing haircolor. 😉

I REALLY like the new look. A LOT. 🙂
on 27 Oct 2005 at 4:44 pm5Ivy

it’s blurple 🙂
on 27 Oct 2005 at 4:48 pm6Ivy

It’s blurple 🙂
on 27 Oct 2005 at 5:37 pm7Chepin

OK, Ivy is onto something here….I think it just might be blurple too!
on 27 Oct 2005 at 6:06 pm8bornfool

I’m color blind. If you say it’s blue, I believe you. Or did you say it was purple? I get so confused.
on 27 Oct 2005 at 6:45 pm9Monique

So far, I do believe the blurples have it but I’m still accepting votes.

Mike: either that was a really lucky guess, or you cheated! The actual number, if you want to get technical, is #6e7499 but if you look closely you will see the banner differs ever so slightly, I think because of jpg compression. Shh, don’t tell.

Chepin: cornflower blue is what I thought too.

Paul: people tell me my eyes are blue but it depends what I wear. Really I think they are more green, though my daughter says gray sometimes.

FTS: Thanks for the compliment!

Ivy: Blurple rules!

Bornfool: It’s okay, obviously I was confused too.
on 27 Oct 2005 at 10:00 pm10wordwhiz

I attended a small school in Pennsylvania where the school colors were…you won’t believe this…ORANGE AND MAROON!! Picture THOSE cheerleading outfits!!