uniforms, while uniforms for other sports, notably basketball, use the secondary or a neutral color at home, most commonly white. This is done to avoid confusing the two schools' colors. In addition, various groups that generate support for athletic teams, including cheerleaders and marching bands, wear uniforms with the colors of their school. At many private schools, or more traditional state schools, "school colors" are awards presented for achievement in a subject or a sport. Academics School colors are also used in the academic dress of many institutions. The first school color adopted by a university for its academic dress was palatinate purple at Durham University, England, some time between 1835 and 1838. Schools in the US that award an academic hood to their students and abide by the American Council on Education guidelines use hoods lined with their school colors and trimmed with velvet in a color indicating the discipline of the degree. Some US doctoral robes will also be in the colors of the university which granted the degree, departing from the Academic Costume Code color of black. Academic scarves Many British, Irish and Commonwealth universities and some American universities have an academic scarf in the university's colors, usually long, woollen and patterned only with lengthwise stripes of varying widths. At collegiate universities such as Oxford, Cambridge, Durham and Lancaster, each college has its own colors and scarf. Other non-collegiate universities such as Glasgow and Newcastle have scarf colors for each faculty. Notable school colors Cambridge blue – University of Cambridge Carolina blue – University of North Carolina Columbia blue – Columbia University Duke blue – Duke University Eton blue – Eton School Oxford blue – University of Oxford Palatinate – Durham University RISD blue – Rhode Island School of Design Tufts blue – Tufts University UCLA blue – University of California Los Angeles Yale blue – Yale University See also Gang colors Colors (motorcycling) Sports uniform Varsity letter Couleur References External links Colors, school