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Cardinal Color 147 - #C41E3A

A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. Cardinals are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and making themselves available individually or in groups to the pope.

Cardinal is a vivid red, which gets its name from the cassocks worn by Catholic cardinals (although the color worn by cardinals is actually scarlet). The family of birds takes its name from the color. The first recorded use of cardinal as a color name in English was in the year 1698.

Cardinal is the official color of Stanford University, (though the athletic teams' official colors are cardinal and white, school athletic teams are called "Cardinal").