Columbia blue, also known as Jordy blue, is a light blue tertiary color named after Columbia University. The color itself derives from the official hue of the Philolexian Society, the university's oldest student organization. The typical Columbia blue is defined by Pantone Columbia Blue 3 (PANTONE 292).
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“Although there is no universal agreement as to a definition of life, its biological manifestations are generally considered to be organization, metabolism, growth, irritability, adaptation, and reproduction.”
—The Columbia Encyclopedia, Fifth Edition, the first sentence of the article on “life” (based on wording in the First Edition, 1935)
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In all his tuneful turning so few and such morning songs
Before the children green and golden
Follow him out of grace.”
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