Cardinal

Cardinal is a vivid red, which gets its name from the cassock worn by cardinal. The family of birds takes its name from the color. Cardinal is the official color of Stanford University, (though the athletic teams' official colors are cardinal and white (school athletic teams are called "The Cardinal"), and University College, Durham, UK. Other school colors described as cardinal include those of The University of Arizona, The University of Arkansas, Ball State University, Brown University, Carnegie Mellon University, The Catholic University of America, Chadron State College, Fairfield University, Iowa State University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stevens Institute of Technology, the University of Southern California, Wesleyan University, Willamette University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The color is also used by the Alpha Sigma Phi, Phi Kappa Psi, and Chi Omega Fraternities. The corresponding Pantone Matching System (PMS) color is 200. However, Stanford's... full article at wikipedia