User talk:Smarterray

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ClockworkSoul 08:14, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

UCD and Yale Blue
Hi. I noticed a little revert war going on at University of California, Davis. This whole blue business is actually kind of messy, but hopefully my recent edits (see ) has cleared it up. What you wrote in the edit summary about why there is a blue is correct, but nonetheless Yale Blue is actually a particular shade of blue and UCD's specifications give a different shade. In my edit I tried to clarify the blue's origin, while making it clear that the shades are different. There's actually a source of confusion even at Yale over what Yale Blue should be, but I think my summary is reasonably accurate. --C S (Talk) 11:58, 1 March 2007 (UTC)