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{{Scarf colour |'''Colour name'''}}
Colour name Result Intended purpose Example Notes
cambridge-blue Cambridge; Caius, Cambridge etc. Scarf colours: four equal stripes alternating black and Cambridge blue
cherry,
cherry-pink
Corpus Christi, Cambridge Scarf colours: cherry pink, with two equally-spaced narrow white stripes
brown Christ's, Cam; New College, Oxf etc. Scarf colours: brown, with two equally-spaced narrow white stripes
burgundy St Catherine's, Cambridge Scarf colours: burgundy, with narrow pearl pink stripes
dark-blue Pembroke, Cambridge Scarf colours: dark blue, with two equally-spaced narrow Cambridge blue stripes
dark-green Queens', Cambridge Scarf colours: dark green, with two equally-spaced narrow white stripes
dark-red Sidney Sussex, Cambridge Scarf colours: two equal halves of dark-red and navy
gold Selwyn, Cambridge etc. Scarf colours: maroon, with three narrow gold stripes through the middle, the central stripe slightly narrower than others
grey Newnham, Cambridge etc. Scarf colours: grey, with a central broad band of navy, itself divided in two by a narrow gold stripe
grey-blue Wadham, Oxford Scarf colours: black, with two grey-blue stripes a quarter of a scarf-width in from either edge, each stripe edged with a yellow pinstripe on the right-hand side only
lavender Magdalene, Cambridge Scarf colours: navy, with two equally-spaced narrow lavender stripes
light-blue Hughes Hall, Cambridge Scarf colours: light blue with three equally-spaced narrow stripes, the outer stripes of Cambridge blue and wider, the central stripe of white and narrower
maroon Fitzwilliam, Cambridge etc. Scarf colours: maroon, with two equally-spaced narrow grey stripes
magenta Downing, Cambridge Scarf colours: black, with three narrow magenta stripes Artificially lighter than the real-world magenta, to afford better contrast with black
medium-blue,
blue
Peterhouse, Cambridge etc. Scarf colours: four equal stripes alternating white and blue
medium-blue-adjusted Lucy Cavendish, Cambridge Scarf colours: eight alternating stripes of black and blue of varying width, with wide black and narrow blue stripes transitioning towards narrow black and wide blue stripes across the face of the scarf Artificially lighter than from the real-world medium-blue (above), to afford better contrast with black
medium-green,
green
Girton, Cambridge etc. Scarf colours: green, with two equally-spaced narrow stripes of red edged with white
mustard,
mustard-yellow
St Edmund's Hall, Oxford Scarf colours: maroon, with two equally-spaced mustard pinstripes
navy St John's, Cambridge etc. Scarf colours: navy, with two equally-spaced narrow stripes of Cambridge blue edged with red
rose-pink,
pink
Churchill, Cambridge; Emmanuel, Cambridge Scarf colours: navy, with two equally-spaced narrow rose pink stripes
palatinate-purple Merton, Oxford Scarf colours: purple, with two narrow white stripes a quarter of a scarf-width in from either edge
pearl-pink St Catharine's, Cambridge Scarf colours: burgundy, with narrow pearl pink stripes
pine-green Jesus, Oxford Scarf colours: green, with a central narrow white stripe, and two slightly thinner white stripes one fifth of a scarf-width in from either edge.
red Wolfson, Cambridge; St John's, Cambridge Scarf colours: red, with two equally-spaced narrow golden stripes edged with white
royal-purple,
purple
King's, Cambridge Scarf colours: royal purple, with two equally-spaced narrow white stripes
sky-blue St Catherine's, Oxford Scarf colours: maroon, with two equally-spaced narrow stripes of purple edged with sky-blue
yellow Brasenose, Oxf; Clare, Cam etc. Scarf colours: black, with two narrow yellow stripes a fifth of a scarf-width in from either edge

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