True Blue is a tone of blue deeper than powder blue and lighter than

royal blue Royal blue is a deep and vivid shade of blue. It is said to have been created by clothiers in Rode, Somerset, a consortium of whom won a competition to make a dress for Queen Charlotte, consort of King George III. Brightness The '' Oxford E ...

that was the color for all of the athletic teams of the

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(UCLA) from 2003 to 2017. It was developed by the UCLA Athletic Department and

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and first introduced on home football jerseys and away basketball jerseys in 2002. Previously, the

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had worn powder blue while the

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wore royal blue. Fan merchandise spanned many shades of blue. The

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incorporated True Blue into its previous

navy blue Navy blue is a very dark shade of the color blue. Navy blue got its name from the dark blue (contrasted with naval white) worn by officers in the Royal Navy since 1748 and subsequently adopted by other navies around the world. When this color ...

uniforms in 2007. The color of the frame holding the Victory Bell was painted True Blue when UCLA was in possession of the bell after a football victory over the

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. True Blue was replaced by Powderkeg Blue for the 2017-18 season, when UCLA switched to Under Armour as its apparel provider. In 2021, UCLA Athletics aligned its blue with

UCLA Blue UCLA Blue is the dark azure color used in association with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). It is described as a deep sky blue and is accompanied by a sun gold, UCLA Gold. Both are colloquially referred to as "blue and gold." ...

, which was previously adopted by the school's academic and administrative units. True Blue is

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color 2386 C. The color True Blue is a deep tone of azure.

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