Sporting Colours
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Sporting Colours, more often known merely as colours or house-colours, are awarded to members of a university or school who have excelled in a sport. Colours are traditionally worn in or on scarves, ties, blazers, gowns, cuff-links, and other items of apparel. The award system gives rise to phrases such as an Oxford Blue - a person who was awarded a Blue by the University of Oxford.
In some award schemes, it is possible to receive a half colour, such as a Half-Blue. Typically, a given institution will award a single colour — Oxford awards are blue, for example.
American Universities tend to award a Varsity letter rather than a colour.
