Official state symbol
Iowa
State Colors
Traditional (based on 1921 state flag)
Iowa State Colors | Blue White Red
Official color palette of Iowa
State color reference
State Colors of Iowa
The traditional state colors of Iowa are Blue, White, and Red, derived from the Iowa state flag adopted in 1921. No separate state-colors law exists, but blue, white, and red are widely recognized as the traditional colors of the Hawkeye State through the state flag and state branding. For Iowa, the reference table gives practical HEX, RGB, CMYK, and Pantone values for comparison with other U.S. state colors.
- Official colors
- Blue, White, and Red
- Official since
- Traditional
- Primary use
- State Flag, state government branding, official state insignia
What Iowa Colors Represent
The only US state flag consciously designed as a homage to the French Tricolor, honoring Iowa's French colonial heritage under the Louisiana Territory; designed by Dixie Cornell Gebhardt of the Iowa DAR in 1917 and adopted as Iowa's official flag in 1921, 75 years after Iowa achieved statehood