Fair Competitions
In some fair competitions in the U.S., particularly 4-H and FFA livestock and horticultural events, blue ribbons may be awarded to any project or exhibit which meets or exceeds all of a competition's judging criteria. In Canada blue ribbons are awarded to second place, with red ribbons awarded to first.
The project may not necessarily be the first place finisher, however. In such cases, a purple ribbon may given to the champion and second-place (or reserve) champion.
Awards are generally given according to the following scale
| Polity | Place | ribbon |
|---|---|---|
| USA | First place | blue ribbon |
| Second place | red ribbon | |
| Third place | yellow ribbon | |
| Fourth place | white ribbon | |
| Fifth place | pink ribbon | |
| Sixth place | green ribbon | |
| Seventh place | purple ribbon | |
| Eighth place | brown ribbon | |
| Canada | First place | red ribbon |
| Second place | blue ribbon | |
| Third place | white ribbon | |
| Fourth place | yellow ribbon | |
| Fifth place | green ribbon | |
| Sixth place | pink ribbon | |
| Seventh place | purple ribbon | |
| Eighth place | brown ribbon |
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Famous quotes containing the word fair:
“The lakes are something which you are unprepared for; they lie up so high, exposed to the light, and the forest is diminished to a fine fringe on their edges, with here and there a blue mountain, like amethyst jewels set around some jewel of the first water,—so anterior, so superior, to all the changes that are to take place on their shores, even now civil and refined, and fair as they can ever be.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)