Color Names

Harvard Crimson

Deep university red, like a professor's velvet robe.

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Harvard Crimson is a rich red.

It can be described as rich, strong, warm and highly saturated.

Set in white, because white reads best on it.

Harvard Crimson

Harvard Crimson

The Harvard Crimson is the nickname of the college sports teams of Harvard University. The school's teams compete in NCAA Division I. As of 2013, there were 42 Division I intercollegiate varsity sports teams for women and men at Harvard, more than at any other NCAA Division I college in the country. Like the other Ivy League colleges, Harvard does not offer athletic scholarships.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636, and named Harvard College in 1639 in honor of its first benefactor, Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Its influence, wealth, and rankings have made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world.

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Crimson

Crimson is a rich, deep red color, inclining to purple. It originally meant the color of the kermes dye produced from a scale insect, Kermes vermilio, but the name is now sometimes also used as a generic term for slightly bluish-red colors that are between red and rose. It is the national color of Nepal.

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crimson

Noun

  1. A deep, slightly bluish red.

Adjective

  1. Having a deep red colour.
  2. Immodest. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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