Word: colorations
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...languid, landlocked little Indo-Chinese kingdom of Laos, a man's rank is told by the color of his umbrella.. Old King Sisavang Vong, who reigns in the royal capital of Luang Prabang, rates a white umbrella. Lesser noble fry rate umbrellas of varying hues and sizes. Viceroys, for instance, are entitled to yellow...
Previously, each major sport had a unique sweater, but the growing number of major sports--now ten--had exhausted all possible permutations and combinations of color in sweater, letter, and border...
...first use of a color to distinguish Harvard athletes took place at a boatrace held on June 19, 1858. At the time, it was customary for crews to race in any handy costume, every man for himself...
...distinguish the crews at a distance, Harvard's president, Charles W. Eliot, bought a half-dozen magenta handkerchiefs which the rowers wore on their heads. In 1875, after considerable dispute, the official Harvard color was changed to crimson...
...Aesthetic quality is recognized when presented, not immediately perhaps, but eventually. And in the colleges, the few who choose and act and invent are tacitly recognized and admired. The admiration may lead to imitation, and the imitation to experimentation, and again, possible and hopefully, a renaissance of sprit, new color appearing amidst the grey...