The Color Maize

Submitted by ChampionsofThe… on

Since Nike vs. Adidas is a major topic on this blog, especially the shade of maize that each company uses, I decided that I would look into the actual shade of maize and see which company uses the correct shade.   In the pictures below, you will see all the shades of yellow (maize is on the far right, second row down).


Maize is a lighter yellow that obviously resembles the color of common corn.  In this next picture, you see the shade of maize that each company uses.

In my opinion, Adidas uses the correct shade of maize.  Nike uses more of a sunglow, jonquil, or amber shade (when compared to the 1st picture), and adidas' use of a lighter color is closer to the correct shade of maize.  Although it isn't perfect, it is closer to the correct shade than Nike's "maize."

Tell me your input on the colors used by each company

the Glove

June 17th, 2015 at 4:25 PM ^

Not as if this conversation has came up a billion times but why not again. I'm on the side of the highlighter yellow and despise the orangish yellow. I feel it's the one thing that adidas got right. I would rather see bright yellow coming out into that football stadium and the younger generation loves it. Yes, I've actually poled my students and athletes on this a few times.

Quag77

June 17th, 2015 at 6:09 PM ^

Great...call the correct color of "maize" blue and copyright it.  Take the correct color of "blue" and call it/copyright it as maize. Problem solved.   

Umich97

June 17th, 2015 at 7:49 PM ^

That Nike color doesn't match all of my Nike gear...my stuff is much closer to maize in the color chart. Not sure where you got that orange color from and called it Nike.



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mb121wl

June 17th, 2015 at 11:22 PM ^

Having grown up amid Michigan cornfields, I always assumed that "maize" was the color of sweet corn, not the stuff they feed farm animals.  Maize has always seemed to me closer to "yellow" or even "light yellow."  (Of course, "blue" was supposed to be sky blue and somehow it got to be "lapis lazuli.")