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Princeton orange

Princeton orange noun: a vivid orange color.

Noun

Princeton orange

  1. A vivid orange color.
    • He even looks exactly the way a Princeton coach should look: perfectly tailored suit, white shirt, Princeton orange-and-black tie.2017 March 12, John Feinstein, “Ivy League plays a basketball tournament, and it's almost worth the 60-year wait”, in The Washington Post
    • Having gone from 170 pounds back then up to 235 pounds less than a month after graduating, Bobo will be suiting up in Princeton orange and black as a tight end for the Tigers during the 2018 football season.2018 July 12, Alec Etheredge, “Sports mind: Carson Bobo combines brains and sports”, in The Shelby County Reporter

Examples of Princeton orange in a sentence

  • The standard Princeton Orange, Pantone 158, was created in 1959.2019 June 7, Maha Al Fahim, “The power of orange”, in The Daily Princetonian:
  • I’m very proud to be a Quaker, but I’d be even more proud if I could sport that classic Princeton orange.2019 November 22, James Morrison, “Penn-Princeton Game to See Massive Turnout, Might Fill One Row of Student Section”, in Under The Button:
  • With a future in Princeton orange and black soon to come to fruition, Burns still has one more season in DHS Demons’ red.2019 December 26, Brenden Ploen, “Durango High’s Madeleine Burns to run at Princeton”, in The Durango Herald, archived from the original on...

Origin of Princeton orange

From Princeton University, which uses the color.

Questions about Princeton orange

What does Princeton orange mean?
Princeton orange means a vivid orange color.
How do you use Princeton orange in a sentence?
The standard Princeton Orange, Pantone 158, was created in 1959.
What part of speech is Princeton orange?
Princeton orange is a noun.

Words near Princeton orange in the dictionary

  1. princessness
  2. princessship
  3. princessy
  4. Princeton
  5. Princeton Junction
  6. Princeton orange
  7. Princeton rub
  8. Princetonian
  9. Princetonians
  10. Princetown
  11. Princeville

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