Colors And Fonts

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Colors

The official colors of CSU are gold and forest green:

Forest Green (Hexadecimal): 13694E
Gold (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

For further information regarding typography, color, logos, and more, please consult the Communications Toolbox (pdf, 11,4 MB).