Dallas Cowboys/team colors

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Expert: Duke Ha - 12/16/2006


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My son, 12 yrs old, is a big Cowboy's fan and as a gift I want to paint our gameroom the team's colors. Can you help me out with the color names (or color codes) and where I can find the paint (like Home Depot or Lowes)? Thanks!  

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Wow..that is great, I want to do that as well one day in a game room for my own home.  According to the Dallas Cowboys Media Guide, the Cowboys official colors are:

Silver(PMS 8240) - "helmet and away pant color"
Blue(PMS 282) - "away jersey color"
Royal Blue(PMS 661) - "home jersey colors along with white"
Silver-Green(PMS 8280) - "home jersey pant color"

* PMS - Pantone Matching System

I believe any hardware store can help you match the paint tones you're looking for...Home Depot and Lowe's especially since I believe it was their ad I saw advertising such a thing while watching a game. Good luck and let me know how it turns out.  Take care, Happy Holidays, and thanks for asking.

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I have extensive knowledge of the 1990's-Present Dallas Cowboys teams. Specifically, team uniforms, equipment, and so forth. I own numerous Cowboys memorabilia and would love to one day write a book on the evolution of the team's uniforms dating back to their inception in 1960. I may not be able to answer most Cowboys questions prior to the 1990's as I was but a youth at the time :-).

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I try and make annual trips to see the Dallas Cowboys every season as my parents live about 15 minutes from Cowboys Stadium in the city of Mansfield, Texas. I have a library of various Dallas Cowboy books, football cards, player photos, DVD's and VHS tapes and have also recorded nearly all games from 1998-2007. I am also an artist, so most of my collections such as cards, photos, or memorabilia are not for value, but rather for reference. I appreciate the visual aesthetics of the Dallas Cowboys and the game of football. As a hobby, I occasionally customize and paint McFarlane Dallas Cowboy figures to near exact detail as their live counterparts. I also own several game used items, autographs, and roughly 12-14 authentic jerseys with 3-4 different manufacturers.

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Associates of Arts in Liberal Arts, Associates of Arts in Graphic Design, Bachelor of Arts in Studio Arts with emphasis in Illustration. My dream would be, of course, to work for the Dallas Cowboys organization possibly for their marketing and design team. The Dallas Cowboys annual bluebooks and game programs have always interested me.

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