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Gov. Code, § 405 · Chapter 1. Great Seal of the State

Gov. Code, § 405

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

When the Great Seal of the state is prepared in color, the following colors shall be used:

The field of the seal shall be Independence Blue, Cable No. 70076; the outer circle shall be Golden Poppy, Cable No. 70071; the 31 stars and the words “Eureka” and “The Great Seal of the State of California” shall be white; the two circles bordering the words shall be Spanish Yellow, Cable No. 70068; the mountains shall be shades of Orchid, Cable No. 70133, and Amethyst, Cable No. 70134; the water shall be Grotto Blue, Cable No. 70022; the ships shall be Independence Blue, Cable No. 70076, and white; the smoke of the steamboat shall be Independence Blue, Cable No. 70076; the terrain shall be shades of Oakwood, Cable No. 70094, and Cork, Cable No. 70092; the miner’s shirt and pick shall be Plum, Cable No. 70135; the rocker, bowl, and shovel shall be Golden Poppy, Cable No. 70071; the face and arms of Goddess Minerva and of the miner shall be Ecru, Cable No. 70103; the helmet and breastplate of Minerva shall be Robins Egg, Cable No. 70204; the dress of Minerva shall be white; the robe of Minerva and the pants of the miner shall be Cardinal, Cable No. 70081; the shield of Minerva and the sheaf of wheat shall be Spanish Yellow, Cable No. 70068 and Oakwood, Cable No. 70094; the spear of Minerva shall be Oakwood, Cable No. 70094 and the tip white; the vine shall be Spring Green, Cable No. 70061; the grass shall be Irish Green, Cable No. 70168; the bear shall be in colors as set forth in Section 420.

All white shall be Cable No. 70001.

All Cable number colors herein specified are those of the Textile Color Card Association of the United States, Inc., New York.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by renumbering Section 403 (as added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 919) by Stats. 1969, Ch. 122.

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