The original colors of Florida State College were purple and gold. In 1905, when the University of Florida was established as the state men’s college and Florida State College became the state women’s college known as Florida Female College, the students of Florida Female college voted to change their school colors to crimson and gold. The administration was fond of purple because the men’s football team had won championship games the previous two years wearing purple and gold, so they combined purple with crimson to produce garnet, which became one of the official school colors of the college along with gold.