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The circular Seal of the State of
Colorado is an adaption of the Territorial Seal which was adopted by
Joint Resolution of the First Territorial Assembly on November 6,
1861. The statutory provision for the official seal of statehood was
provided for by Act of the First General Assembly of the State of
Colorado, approved on March 15, 1877.
By statute, the Seal of the State is
two and one-half inches in diameter with the following device
inscribed thereon: A heraldic shield, the upper portion of which
depicts three snowcapped mountains with clouds surrounding them; the
lower part consists of a miner's badge, as prescribed by the rules
of heraldry; as a crest above the shield, the eye of God with rays
proceeding from the lines of a triangle; below the crest, and above
the shield, as a scroll, is the Roman "fasces" which is a
bundle of sticks with an ax blade projecting, bound by a band
imprinted with the words, "Union and Constitution"; below
the whole motto, "Nil Sine Numine," which commonly
translated means "Nothing Without Providence"; the whole
is surrounded by the words, "State of Colorado," and the
figures, "1876," the year of Colorado's statehood.
The official colors of the seal,
fixed by a 1976 Executive Order, are as follows:
- Red:
The sky behind the mountains, the single band with the word
"UNION" and the ring containing the words "STATE
OF COLORADO, 1876";
- White:
The snowcaps of the three mountains, the clouds surrounding the
mountains, the band with the word "AND", the banner
containing the words "NIL SINE NUMINE", the triangle
of the Eye of God, the fasces, and innermost ring;
- Dark
Blue: The mountains, the background behind the
shield, the single band with the word "CONSTITUTION",
and the six stars dividing the year of statehood from the
lettering "STATE OF COLORADO", the two dots separating
the words "STATE OF COLORADO";
- Gold:
The Eye of God, the rays emanating from the Eye, the background
in the lower shield, the small decorative circles on the
innermost white ring, and the ring situated between the red ring
and outer silver ring of the seal;
- Silver:
The outside ring of the seal, the lettering "STATE OF
COLORADO" and "1876", the ax head, the heads of
both miner's tools, the two bands binding the fasces behind the
two bands entitled "UNION" "CONSTITUTION",
the outline of the shield, and the dividing line between the
upper and lower portions of the shield;
- Brown:
The handles of the miner's tools, the handle of the ax;
- Black:
The lettering of the words "UNION", "AND",
"CONSTITUTION", the words "NIL SINE NUMINE",
the outline tracing the cascade of the banner containing the
words "NIL SINE NUMINE", the outlines encircling the
small decorative circles on the innermost white circle, and the
outlines of the single band "AND".
Available online at
the Colorado
State Website
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