Monday, September 28, 2009  Flying The Colors  "Miskatonic U
School Colors? Anyone happen to know what they might be?"
That's what launched this thread at Yog-Sothoth. The very
helpful Gil Trevizo points out that Chaosium's "Miskatonic
University" supplement specifies the schools colors as purple
and black.  Me? As I wrote there, I vote for Cardinal Red and
White based on the "WDBUD?" test. By default I assume that any
attribute of Miskatonic University not specified by Lovecraft
(or another author*) can be discovered by asking "What Does
Brown University Do?" or some variation thereof. Brown claims
Seal Brown, Cardinal Red, and White as their school colors. It
seems fair to shamelessly steal two of those and leave the
school it's namesake color out of respect.  Outside of that
justification I have no basis for the red and white color choice
other than the fact that I think it looks good.  * I probably
should have written "another established author". If Campbell,
Derleth, or Smith had said purple and black