The University of Adelaide uses a primary colour palette. It also uses additional support colours to enhance branded designs.
These five primary colours used are:
This palette is made up from the colours of the University logo, which also reflects the official colours of South Australia: red, blue and gold.
| Blue CMYK: 100% 56% 0% 18% PMS: 294 |
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| Red CMYK: 0% 100% 91% 0% PMS: 485 |
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| Yellow/Gold CMYK: 100% 27% 100% 34% PMS: 873 |
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| Black CMYK: 0% 0% 0% 100% PMS: Black |
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| Blue | Red | Gold | Grey | White | ||||||
| Hex: | #005a9c | #ed1c2e | #b38808 | #666666 | #FFFFFF | |||||
| RGB: | 0 - 90 - 156 | 237 - 28 - 46 | 179 - 136 - 8 | 102 - 102 - 102 | 255 - 255 - 255 |
The full digital palette of colours can be found in the Brand Elements section of the Brand Standards.
The Brand Elements section of the Brand Standards has more details about our brand colours including our supporting colours.