Sac State Green & Gold Lights in Sacramento

Green and gold for Sac State

Alumni, staff and families of Sacramento State students love showing Hornet pride for homecoming, graduation and big games. A green-and-gold scene is easy to save and reuse each season, and it doubles beautifully for St. Patrick's Day with a quick color tweak.

Homecoming, graduation and game days

Sac State has a big alumni base across the region, and plenty of families have a current student or recent graduate. Green and gold looks great for homecoming in the fall, football Saturdays at Hornet Stadium, and especially for graduation in May, when relatives come to stay and take photos out front.

Save the scene once and reuse it every year. Because the same system also does St. Patrick's green, Christmas and everyday warm white, school pride never means buying or hanging anything extra.

Getting green and gold right

We tune the green to a deep forest shade rather than a lime, and the gold to a warm metallic amber, so the house reads as Hornet colors rather than Christmas. Alternating sections or a gold peak with green eaves both work well; we'll show you options on your own home before you decide.

Matching green and gold to your home

Green and gold can look great or look like a theme park, depending on how they're used. On most homes we recommend a deep green base with gold accents on the peaks or corners, rather than alternating every light. That reads clearly from the street and still looks tidy up close.

On light stucco the green looks brighter, so we often dim it a little. On darker siding or brick we push the gold warmer so it doesn't look yellow. We'll save a couple of versions in the app so you can pick your favorite on the night.

Game days, alumni weekends and graduation

Hornets households often use the same colors more than once a year: home games, homecoming, alumni events and graduation in May. You can save each as its own scene with a different effect, like a slow shimmer for game nights and a steady glow for graduation photos.

Because everything runs from one app, you can schedule the whole season once and let the house switch itself. When the season ends, the house goes back to warm white with no boxes to pack away.

Why permanent beats temporary for team colors

Temporary lights and inflatables need putting up and taking down every season, and they don't survive Sacramento's summer sun for long. A permanent system sits in an aluminum channel under the roofline, out of the weather, and is rated for 100,000 hours. It's backed by a 5-year parts and 1-year labor warranty.