Palatinate is a colour associated with the County of Durham in
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. It comes in two versions, a
Palatinate blue associated with the county and a
Palatinate purple associated with the university.
At right is displayed the colour
Palatinate blue. This is a shade of
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, coming from the colours of the
Coat of ArmsA coat of arms, more properly called an armorial achievement, armorial bearings or often just arms for short, in European tradition, is a design belonging to a particular person and used by them in a wide variety of ways. Historically, they were used by knights to identify them apart from enemy...
of
County DurhamCounty Durham is a ceremonial county and unitary district in North East England. The county town is Durham.The largest settlement in the ceremonial county is the town of Darlington. The county has an industrial heritage and its economy was historically based on coal and iron mining...
in
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.
At right is displayed the colour
Palatinate purple, associated with
Durham UniversityDurham University is a university in Durham, England. It was founded as the University of Durham by Act of Parliament in 1832 and granted a Royal Charter in 1837...
.
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Palatinate is a colour associated with the County of Durham in
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It comes in two versions, a
Palatinate blue associated with the county and a
Palatinate purple associated with the university.
Palatinate Blue
At right is displayed the colour
Palatinate blue. This is a shade of
blueBlue is a colour, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 440–490 nm. It is considered one of the additive primary colours. On the HSV Colour Wheel, the complement of blue is yellow; that is, a colour corresponding to an equal...
, coming from the colours of the
Coat of ArmsA coat of arms, more properly called an armorial achievement, armorial bearings or often just arms for short, in European tradition, is a design belonging to a particular person and used by them in a wide variety of ways. Historically, they were used by knights to identify them apart from enemy...
of
County DurhamCounty Durham is a ceremonial county and unitary district in North East England. The county town is Durham.The largest settlement in the ceremonial county is the town of Darlington. The county has an industrial heritage and its economy was historically based on coal and iron mining...
in
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
Palatinate Purple
At right is displayed the colour
Palatinate purple, associated with
Durham UniversityDurham University is a university in Durham, England. It was founded as the University of Durham by Act of Parliament in 1832 and granted a Royal Charter in 1837...
. Its
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number is 266.
Symbolism of Palatinate
- The purple colour is associated with Durham University
Durham University is a university in Durham, England. It was founded as the University of Durham by Act of Parliament in 1832 and granted a Royal Charter in 1837...
, the sporting coloursA Blue is an award earned by sportsmen and women at a university and some schools for competition at the highest level. The awarding of Blues began at Oxford and Cambridge Universities...
of Durham, awarded by Durham University Athletic UnionDurham University Athletic Union is a student-run organisation responsible for sport at Durham University. In 2006 the Athletic Union was rebranded "Team Durham" to signify a more modern approach to sport at Durham...
, are known as Palatinates.