have used the nickname (and the corresponding color) since a vote came at a meeting of students and faculty on May 5, 1894. The University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons competes in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines and is based in their Diliman Campus. The moniker has been associated with their teams since the 1930s, except for a brief period in the 1960s when they were known as the Parrots. The University of Perpetual Help Altas, playing in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) use the color as their primary uniform, derived from their school colors . Heart of Midlothian F.C. have played in predominantly maroon colours since 1877, although they had maroon badge and trimmings in their first kit from their formation in 1874. Official colour of Italian association football team Torino_F.C. Club's fans are known as I Granata (the Maroons in italian). Official colour of Argentina's association football team Club_Atl%C3%A9tico_Lan%C3%BAs (Los Granates). Maroons was the official nickname of the athletic teams representing Mississippi State College, now Mississippi State University from 1932 until 1961 when it was officially changed to the Bulldogs. Bulldogs had been used as an unofficial nickname as far back as 1905. Maroons is also the common nickname for the Queensland Rugby League team when it plays against the Blues (the New South Welshmen) in an annual competition of three games known as the State of Origin series in Australia. West Indies cricket team wears all maroon clothing in limited-overs cricket whilst in Test cricket, they wear maroon cricket caps. In pool, the color of the 7 and 15 billiard balls are traditionally maroon. Commercial variations of maroon Maroon (Crayola) The color designated as maroon in Crayola crayons since 1949 is a bright medium shade of maroon halfway between brown and rose. Rich maroon (maroon (X11)) Displayed in the adjacent table is the color rich maroon, i.e. maroon as defined in the X11 color names, which is much brighter and more toned toward rose than the HTML/CSS maroon shown above. See the chart Color name clashes in the X11 color names article to see those colors that are different in HTML/CSS and X11. Dark red Displayed in the adjacent table is the web color dark red. UP maroon UP Maroon is the shade used by the University of the Philippines as its primary color. See also List of colors References External links Shades of