Why does Australia wear green and yellow?

Question

You'd think I'd know this, but I've never taken the time to find out why. I thought it was only for football, but they wear the colors for the Olympics too. So I'm interested in the story of why they wear green and yellow.

Answer 1

Because green and gold happens to be the Aussie's national colors.

Answer 2

Techincally mate, it's green and gold:

Green and gold are the national colours of Australia, as proclaimed by Sir Ninian Stephen, the Governor General of Australia on 19 April 1984. The exact colours were specified as being Pantone Matching System numbers 116C and 348C. Green and gold are also the traditional team colours of Australian national sporting teams. Nearly every current Australian national sports teams wears "The Green and Gold", although the hues and proportions of the two colours may vary between teams and across eras. It is widely believed that the colours were chosen because they are the dominant colours of Australia's floral emblem, the Golden Wattle.

'The Australian cricket team was the first to don this colours on their tour of England in 1899.  

Answer 3

They are the national colors of Australia.

Answer 4

These were formally established in a proclamation by the Governor-General, Sir Ninian Stephen, dated 19 April 1984. The text of the proclamation, insofar as the National Colours are concerned reads:

‘that green and gold (Pantone Matching System numbers 116C and 348C as used for printing on paper) shall be the national colours of Australia for use on all occasions on which such colours are customarily used.’

The colours come from the Yellow wattle which is found across Australia. In the Beijing Olympics, the Aussies wore Blue and Silvery white tracksuits which was a little contraversial in australia as they're ugly and not the national colours

Answer 5

The same reason the U. S. A. wears red white and blue.

Answer 6

many countries wear different colors from their flags

examples are:

venezuela

italy

netherlands

japan

australia

england

spain

germany

Answer 7

Because they think that looking like Brazil will make them play better. Nah, just kidding. :] I think it's their national colors. Kind of like why Italy wears blue when their flag doesn't have that color.

Answer 8

I've also wondered why green and yellow...

maybe its bcoz they are g*y enough to accept it