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The official state symbols represent the cultural heritage
and natural treasures of each state or the entire United States
California Symbols
California SymbolsAnimal, Bird, Colors, Dance, Fife and Drum Band, Fish, Flag, Flower, Folk Dance, Fossil, Gemstone, Gold Rush Ghost Town, Grass, Historical Society, Insect, Marine Fish, Marine Mammal, Military Museum, Mineral & Mineralogic Emblem, Motto, Nicknames, Poet Laureate, Prehistoric Artifact, Reptile, Rock & Lithologic Emblem, Seal, Soil, Song, Tall Ship, Tartan, Theatre, Tree |
California State ColorsBlue and GoldAdopted in 1931The combination of blue and gold as official colors in California were first used as school colors by the University of California, Berkeley in 1875.
Blue represented the sky and gold the color of the precious metal found by forty-niners in the state's hills. The Secretary of State began using blue
and gold ribbons with the state seal on official documents as early as 1913. Secretary of State Frank M. Jordan suggested making blue and gold the official
state colors and in 1951, the State Legislature passed legislation to that effect. |
State Symbols State symbols represent things that are special to a particular state. symbol \ˈsim-bəl\ noun Etymology: in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil Date: 15th century 1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible. |