Colors And Fonts
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Colors
The official colors of CSU are gold and forest green: Forest Green (Hexadecimal): 13694EGold (Hexadecimal): AA800E
There a variety of colors which can complement gold and green and thus be suitable for use on Division of Student Affairs pages. The latest official guideline set is layed out in the Communications Toolbox, availible from http://ccs.colostate.edu . The Forest Green color must appear on every webpage in some capacity. It is strongly suggested that you use either the official green or the official gold as your dominant color for your website. Secondary Palette: PMS 1255, Coated (Hexadecimal): B38807
Metallic Ink (Hexadecimal): B4975A
Uncoated Gold (Hexadecimal): C69C10
Complementary Palette: PMS 350 (Hexadecimal): 004812
PMS 363 (Hexadecimal): 419638
PMS 376 (Hexadecimal): 8CC63F
Yellow (Hexadecimal): FFF200
PMS 123 (Hexadecimal): FFC423
PMS 145 (Hexadecimal): E68F1A
PMS 7526 (Hexadecimal): AB540F
PMS 186 (Hexadecimal): E51837
PMS 259 (Hexadecimal): 781D7E
PMS 281 (Hexadecimal): 003D7D
PMS 307 (Hexadecimal): 0078AE
Or, view a Photoshop color palette of the above CSU colors Download the color swatches for Adobe Photoshop CS2.
Fonts
The official CSU fonts are Minion and Swiss 721. Garamond and Helvetica are acceptable alternate typefaces. Body text should use a sans-serif font. Suggested fonts for online use within the Division include- Helvetica
- Arial
- Trebuchet MS
- Lucida Sans Unicode
