GT Primary Colors debate

[THWG]

No it doesnt. Any sane GT fan knows we are the white and gold. just stop
The reason navy has the most items available is mainly because it’s cheaper to produce. It’s so crazy that some fans like you are ok with GT just completely changing our colors. Imagine if Tennessee stopped selling white and orange gear in favor of Navy because it was cheaper? They wouldn’t stand for it.

Tennessee sells a lot of gray and black gear.

 

[AUFC]

Tennessee sells a lot of gray and black gear.

The big difference is that Tennessee fans know not to wear it in Neyland.

 

[THWG]

The big difference is that Tennessee fans know not to wear it in Neyland.

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Oh I know they wear it to GameDay but his argument is essentially that they only sell white and orange which is not true.

 

[stinger78]

In 1977, a friend and I went to the GT-UT game in Knoxville. It was a rainy day and we were there is a sea of orange rain slickers. Looking up from our corner it was a monolithic view of the same shade of orange. They’ve been doing this for decades. Why can’t we do it for one game, or one season? We license too much odd-colored stuff. Just stop it! Gold is nice! UT fans have to work with *orange* for Pete sake!

 

[Vespidae]

In 1977, a friend and I went to the GT-UT game in Knoxville. It was a rainy day and we were there is a sea of orange rain slickers. Looking up from our corner it was a monolithic view of the same shade of orange. They’ve been doing this for decades. Why can’t we do it for one game, or one season? We license too much odd-colored stuff. Just stop it! Gold is nice! UT fans have to work with *orange* for Pete sake!

First, UT has had the same problems as Tech. There wasn’t one shade of Orange, but 50. They have done a great job of consolidating but it’s a work in process.

Re Tech, for years the brand was built around Old Gold which is very difficult to source. From what I can tell, Tech still doesn’t enforce standards very well, so … its patchwork.

 

[LT 1967]

Shouting down rational fans doesn't work. Contrary to your opinion, many fans, most of them sane, like blue in the GT color wheel. I realize you've made it a mission to complain about every instance of colors other than Gold and White but you've lost that war. Shoot, that war was lost before most of us (probably all) on this site were born. It has been proven ad nauseum that GT has been wearing Navy Blue jerseys since before you were born. Dodd himself took GT to navy blue in the 40's and 50's. Heisman had GT wearing navy and/or black jerseys in his days. (How much more traditional can that be?) The gold in our brand came from fans wearing yellow jackets to games, not from the uniforms on the field.

Also, since Navy Blue is indeed a PRIMARY color according to Georgia Tech, telling fans not to wear or support it is an odd look.

Ever since the 1990 Nebraska win and subsequent UPI National Championship, I have hoped that GT would add Blue as a Primary color. The three articles below from the Tech site may be overload, but each has information on the addition of Blue. The first one is a narrative from 9-2-21 announcing the Blue as a primary color. The second one shows a timeline of the study by many committees and people at GT involved in the Brand Refresh study which included adding Blue as a primary color. The third one has some of the same information, but includes an Atlanta Constitution article dated April,1891. The article relates how three colors were used in the design of a Georgia Tech Badge, including Gold, White, and Blue. At the time of the third article, Blue was still shown as secondary color, made primary in 2021.

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[stinger78]

Its a miracle!! Finally gold apparel

Wrong shade.

 

[Gold1]

Ever since the 1990 Nebraska win and subsequent UPI National Championship, I have hoped that GT would add Blue as a Primary color. The three articles below from the Tech site may be overload, but each has information on the addition of Blue. The first one is a narrative from 9-2-21 announcing the Blue as a primary color. The second one shows a timeline of the study by many committees and people at GT involved in the Brand Refresh study which included adding Blue as a primary color. The third one has some of the same information, but includes an Atlanta Constitution article dated April,1891. The article relates how three colors were used in the design of a Georgia Tech Badge, including Gold, White, and Blue. At the time of the third article, Blue was still shown as secondary color, made primary in 2021.

Refreshing Our Visual Brand to Align with Our Mission | News Center

The Georgia Institute of Technology has revealed a new system of logos and visuals, unifying the community around a singular, widely recognized icon — the interlocking GT.

news.gatech.edu

Brand Refresh, 2021-Present | Brand Guide

brand.gatech.edu

Brand - Georgia Tech

gtathl.com

GT is White and Gold. Im sorry man. We have a great unique combo of colors already. No need to make us look like Notre Dame.

As you are aware its even our fight song, and as you can see below, its not just me saying it. Our best and most unique look is white and gold. Would be great to see our apparel and uniforms reflect this. Just as they did under Chan Gailey. if we bought into our colors like Tennessee does for their orange and white, we could actually have a "Brand".

 

[Augusta_Jacket]

GT is White and Gold. Im sorry man. We have a great unique combo of colors already. No need to make us look like Notre Dame.

As you are aware its even our fight song, and as you can see below, its not just me saying it. Our best and most unique look is white and gold. Would be great to see our apparel and uniforms reflect this. Just as they did under Chan Gailey. if we bought into our colors like Tennessee does for their orange and white, we could actually have a "Brand".
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You can keep peeing into the wind, but you're not gonna like what comes back at you. For all your griping, it's not gonna make peoples opinions change or get NAVY BLUE removed as a PRIMARY GT COLOR.

 

[Schlandy]

Less Navy and use actual Navy but win damn football games

 

[UgaBlows]

1990 Navy uni’s with white pants rule!

 

[Schlandy]

Schools that did our colors better than we do them and they aren’t even their colors.

 

[ME22]

Schools that did our colors better than we do them and they aren’t even their colors.View attachment 16458View attachment 16459

Neither of these match jersey to helmet…

 

[bobongo]

GT is White and Gold. Im sorry man. We have a great unique combo of colors already. No need to make us look like Notre Dame.

As you are aware its even our fight song, and as you can see below, its not just me saying it. Our best and most unique look is white and gold. Would be great to see our apparel and uniforms reflect this. Just as they did under Chan Gailey. if we bought into our colors like Tennessee does for their orange and white, we could actually have a "Brand".
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I don't mind navy as a trim or an occasional jersey (like maybe once a year), and I think navy goes great with gold. But the white/gold primary color combination is unique among major college sports teams, or would be unique if we'd stick to it. For this reason, and for purposes of branding consistency, I wish the Jackets would adhere to the white and gold uniforms at least 90% of the time. But it's not such a big deal if we don't. A deep, rich navy color does look strikingly good with gold.

 

[jgtengineer]

Schools that did our colors better than we do them and they aren’t even their colors.

Golden helmets has always been a ND thing. they also often wore gold pants. Their colors are basically the same as ours. Navy jersey's gold pants and a gold helmet is the classic ND color. The Green jesersey is there version of a black watch jersey.

 

[bobongo]

Less Navy and use actual Navy but win damn football games

Yeah, if we're going to wear navy make it real navy and not just regular blue.

 

[Bogey]

Yeah, if we're going to wear navy make it real navy and not just regular blue.

Exactly

 

[Schlandy]

Golden helmets has always been a ND thing. they also often wore gold pants. Their colors are basically the same as ours. Navy jersey's gold pants and a gold helmet is the classic ND color. The Green jesersey is there version of a black watch jersey.

Notredame uses a darker blue, like we used to. Makes the gold pop way better

 

[AUFC]

Notre Dame has started leaning a little more into the kelly green look as they are the only team in FBS with that color (aside from Marshall). They wore it for their most high profile game last season.