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The official state symbols represent the cultural heritage and natural treasures of each state or the entire United States

New Jersey Symbols

New Jersey Symbols

American Folk Dance, Animal, Bird, Bug-Insect, Colors, Dinosaur, Fish, Flag, Flower, Fruit, Memorial Tree, Motto, Nicknames, Seal, Shell, Song, Tall Ship, Tree

New Jersey State Colors

Buff and Jersey Blue

Adopted on September 30, 1965.

The New Jersey State flag displays the official State colors. The State seal is presented in Jersey blue on a buff background. The colors were chosen by General George Washington in 1779, after he was headquartered in New Jersey during the Revolutionary war. These were the military colors used by the New Jersey troops. The colors were adopted on September 30, 1965.

CHAPTER 170, LAWS OF N.J.
Approved September 30, 1965

SENATE, NO. 159

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

Introduced February 15, 1965
BY SENATOR FARLEY

AN ACT establishing the official colors of the State of New
Jersey.

BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State
of New Jersey:

The official colors of the State of New Jersey for use
on the state flag and for other purposes shall be buff and
Jersey blue.

For the purposes of this act the specifications,
references and designations for the official colors of the
State are as follows:

Jersey Blue (Cable No. 70087, royal blue. The Color
Association of the United States, Inc.)

Buff (Cable No. 65015, US Army buff. The Color
Association of the United States, Inc.)

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.