Oxford Blue (colour): Difference between revisions

The colour was originally chosen by [[Charles Wordsworth]] and [[Thomas Garnier (Dean of Lincoln)|Thomas Garnier]], two members of the [[The Boat Race 1829|1829 Boat Race]] crew using "the [[Christ Church, Oxford|Christ Church]] [[Guernsey (clothing)|guernsey]] as our pattern (four of the crew being Christ Church men), only with a broader and darker blue, instead of black stripe. Hence the origin of the 'Dark Blues'."<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wordsworth|first1=Charles|title=The annals of my early life|date=1891|publisher=Longmans|location=London|page=60|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1jxKAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA60#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref> The colour itself is said to have been borrowed from [[Harrow School|Harrow]] Blue, where [[Charles Wordsworth]] and [[Charles Merivale]], the creators of [[The Boat Race]], attended. Similarly, [[Cambridge Blue]] is said to have derived from [[Eton blue]].