Moravian College and Theological Seminary
Pennsylvania
1742
Formerly “Moravian Seminary and College for Women”
Moravian College officially adopted blue and gray as its school colors in 1894. The shade of gray was light – the color of the greyhound, the mascot of the college – and the shade of blue was dark.
Citations in the World Almanac (listed by cover date; color information is from the previous year): blue/gray (1917-1935)
Academic hood lists published by the Intercollegiate Bureau of Academic Costume (IBAC) in 1927, 1948, and 1972 described Moravian College as having a hood lined navy blue with a silver gray chevron. “Silver gray” was how the IBAC usually described a light gray or silver color. A list compiled by Kevin Sheard in Academic Heraldry in America (1962) described the college’s hood lining as navy blue with a gray chevron, without further specifying the shade of gray.