| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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| Adelbert, Bismarck brown and purple. |
| Alleghany, cadet blue and old gold. |
| Amherst, white and purple. |
| Bates, garnet. |
| Boston University, scarlet and white. |
| Bowdoin, white. |
| Brown, brown and white. |
| Buchtel, orange and blue. |
| California, blue and gold. |
| C.C.N.Y., lavender. |
| Colby, silver grey. |
| Columbia, blue and white. |
| Cornell, cornelian and white. |
| Dartmouth, dark green. |
| Dickinson, red and white. |
| Hamilton, rose pink. |
| Harvard, crimson. |
| Hobart, orange and purple. |
| Kenyon, mauve. |
| Lafayette, white and maroon. |
| Madison, orange and maroon. |
| Michigan, blue and maize. |
| New York University, violet. |
| Ohio University, blue. |
| Princeton, orange and black. |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic, cherry. |
| Rochester, blue and grey. |
| Rutgers, scarlet. |
| Swarthmore, garnet. |
| Syracuse, blue and pink. |
| Trinity, white and green. |
| Tufts, blue and brown. |
| Union, garnet. |
| University of North Carolina, white and blue. | |
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| of South Carolina, red and blue. |
| of Pennsylvania, blue and red. |
| of the South, red and blue. |
| of Vermont, old gold and green. |
| of Virginia, cardinal and grey. | |
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| Vassar, pink and grey. |
| Wesleyan, cardinal and black. |
| Williams, royal purple. |
| Wooster, old gold. |
| Yale, blue. | |
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