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Graduation Colors Trivia Quiz

Students receiving a master's or doctorate degree in the US wear a hood with a collar whose color denotes the academic field of study. How many fields can you match with their colors?

A multiple-choice quiz by tralfaz. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
tralfaz

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
87,790

Updated
May 16 22

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
11 / 25

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2223

This quiz has 2 formats: you can play it as a or as shown below.
Scroll down to the bottom for the answer key.

1. What discipline wears Light Blue? Hint

Education

Pharmacy

Social Work

Economics

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2. What color do Mathematics majors wear? Hint

Silver

White

Sage Green

Gold

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3. What discipline wears Maroon? Hint

Civil Engineering

Home Economics

Optometry

Public Health

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4. What color do Music majors wear? Hint

Drab

Apricot

Pink

Nile Green

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5. What discipline wears Lemon? Hint

Urban Planning

Education

Library Science

Medicine

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6. What color do Dentistry majors wear? Hint

Crimson

Lilac

Maize

Pink

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7. What discipline wears Kelly Green? Hint

Home Economics

Economics

Veterinary Science

Medicine

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8. What color do Nursing majors wear? Hint

Scarlet

Sage Green

Apricot

Brown

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9. What discipline wears Orange? Hint

Urban Planning

Civil Engineering

Foreign Service

Library Science

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10. What color do Law majors wear? Hint

Pink

Purple

Silver

Gold

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11. What discipline wears Olive? Hint

Pharmacy

Optometry

Social Work

Accounting

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12. What color do Philosophy majors wear in the US? Hint

Purple

Dark Blue

Silver

Gold

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13. What discipline wears Peacock Blue? Hint

Civil Engineering

Agriculture

Foreign Service

Medicine

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14. What color do Speech majors wear? Hint

Scarlet

Silver

Gold

Brown

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15. What discipline wears Copper? Hint

Public Health

Economics

Education

Veterinary Science

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16. What color do English majors wear? Hint

Nile Green

Dark Blue

White

Pink

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17. What discipline wears Salmon? Hint

Home Economics

Public Health

Optometry

Pharmacy

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18. What color do Divinity majors wear? Hint

Gold

Purple

Scarlet

White

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19. What discipline wears Gray? Hint

Accounting

Economics

Library Science

Veterinary Science

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20. What color do Hygiene majors wear? Hint

White

Dark Blue

Purple

Sage Green

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21. What discipline wears Aqua? Hint

Optometry

Urban Planning

Medicine

Home Economics

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22. What color do Fine Arts majors wear? Hint

Brown

Pink

Crimson

Silver

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23. What discipline wears Blue Violet? Hint

Education

Foreign Service

Optometry

Urban Planning

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24. What color do Podiatry majors wear? Hint

Drab

Apricot

Maize

Nile Green

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25. What discipline wears Citron? Hint

Pharmacy

Education

Economics

Social Work

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What discipline wears Light Blue?

Answer: Education

You can see a ton of light blue at a high school graduation since most of the teachers have their advanced degree in Education.

2. What color do Mathematics majors wear?

Answer: Gold

Most of the science colors are based on gold. There are two stories as to why. 1) Gold represents the money that science has generated or 2) Gold represents the philosophers stone which turned metal to gold and was the pursuit of medieval science.

3. What discipline wears Maroon?

Answer: Home Economics

Browns seem to be the color for many "soft" sciences or those fields that fall between humanities and science (perhaps as a variation on gold). BTW, this was Janis Joplin's major at the University of Texas.

4. What color do Music majors wear?

Answer: Pink

I have no clue how pink got picked. If anyone knows, please let me know.

5. What discipline wears Lemon?

Answer: Library Science

Library science is considered a science, therefore lemon is a variation on science gold

6. What color do Dentistry majors wear?

Answer: Lilac

Since dentistry is not a medieval job of doctors, but barbers - they were not assigned a shade of green (see below).

7. What discipline wears Kelly Green?

Answer: Medicine

Most of the medicine based fields use green to represent the herbs that medieval doctors used.

8. What color do Nursing majors wear?

Answer: Apricot

Interestingly, nursing's color is based on science gold, not medicine green.

9. What discipline wears Orange?

Answer: Civil Engineering

Another science gold variation.

10. What color do Law majors wear?

Answer: Purple

My best guess that this is based on the purple hem that Roman consuls were allowed to wear on their togas when conducting official business.

11. What discipline wears Olive?

Answer: Pharmacy

Based on medicine green.

12. What color do Philosophy majors wear in the US?

Answer: Dark Blue

This is the most common color for university professors since a PhD is considered a degree in philosophy, not a subject field.

13. What discipline wears Peacock Blue?

Answer: Foreign Service

Many government based fields use variations on blue.

14. What color do Speech majors wear?

Answer: Silver

Is this because good talkers are called "silver-tongued"?

15. What discipline wears Copper?

Answer: Economics

Another "soft" science with a shade of brown.

16. What color do English majors wear?

Answer: White

Based on the white fur that lined bachelor robes that Oxford graduates wear.

17. What discipline wears Salmon?

Answer: Public Health

Not a government blue like civil planning or medicine green like hygiene. Possibly a variation on the citron (gold with pink overtones) of social work.

18. What color do Divinity majors wear?

Answer: Scarlet

Scarlet has been the traditional color of the church for centuries.

19. What discipline wears Gray?

Answer: Veterinary Science

In medieval times, veterinary science was not considered a medicine field. In fact, veterinary science was a common major in medieval universities whereas anatomy was rare.

20. What color do Hygiene majors wear?

Answer: Sage Green

Again, a variation on medicine green.

21. What discipline wears Aqua?

Answer: Optometry

I would think that public health should have gotten this mix of blue and green (see above).

22. What color do Fine Arts majors wear?

Answer: Brown

Possibly based on the fact that the first paints were based on minerals and associated with earth colors (e.g. ochre).

23. What discipline wears Blue Violet?

Answer: Urban Planning

More government blue.

24. What color do Podiatry majors wear?

Answer: Nile Green

One more medicine green.

25. What discipline wears Citron?

Answer: Social Work

In case you've been keeping track and noticed 2 colors are not accounted for: Business - Drab; Agriculture - Maize.

Source: Author tralfaz

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