But before the official vote by the Harvard Corporation, students’ color of choice had at one point wavered between crimson and magenta – probably because the idea of using colors to represent universities was still new in the latter part of the 19th century.
Lakini kabla ya kura rasmi ya Shirika la Harvard, rangi ya chaguo la wanafunzi wakati mmoja ilikuwa imeyumba kati ya nyekundu na magenta - labda kwa sababu wazo la kutumia rangi kuwakilisha vyuo vikuu lilikuwa bado geni katika sehemu ya mwisho ya karne ya 19.