Eton blue is a shade of greenish blue or bluish green used since the early 19th century by sportsmen of

Eton College Eton College ( ) is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school providing boarding school, boarding education for boys aged 13–18, in the small town of Eton, Berkshire, Eton, in Berkshire, in the United Kingdom. It has educated Prime Mini ...

. It is similar to the colour Cambridge blue used by the

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, wo ...

. Chelsea FC wore Eton blue from its founding in 1905 as the Earl Cadogan, who was the club's president and held the title Viscount Chelsea, was an Old Etonian. They changed to their darker shade of Royal Blue in 1907. Eton blue is also used by Geelong Grammar School, a prestigious boarding school in

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River (Victo ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

, which has been dubbed as 'Australia's Eton', owing to its similarities with English public schools.

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